Yahoo! UK and Ireland has appointed former business development director of Viacom Outdoor, Alison Reay, as its new sales director.Reay, who replaces long-standing commercial director Lee Thompson, will be involved in the next phase of Yahoo’s business strategy and as such will be responsible for marketing the company’s online solutions and developing the Yahoo! brand.… Continue reading Yahoo! UK And Ireland Appoints New Sales Director
As reported earlier in the week (see CMR Chief Predicts 2.5% Rise In US Adspend This Year), CMR has raised its 2002 US advertising forecast to $109.1 billion – a growth of 2.5%. CMR chief executive, David Peeler, presented the predictions at the AdWatch: Outlook 2002 conference in New York, saying: “We are off to… Continue reading CMR Forecasts Show Improving H2 For US Media
The World Cup has been the most popular online sports event in history, according to the latest figures from Nielsen/NetRatings.The research shows that a total of 3.7 million people from 17 countries have visited the official FIFA World Cup website since the tournament began. David Day, international analytical services director at Nielsen/NetRatings, said: “People have… Continue reading World Cup Wins On The Web
A study of nearly 200 marketing professionals in the US shows marketers to be cautiously optimistic about the growth of their media budgets for the remainder of 2002. The research, conducted by DoubleClick, also claims that websites have become a ‘critical sales channel’, with a larger proportion of respondents expecting web sales to show stronger… Continue reading US Marketers Cautiously Optimistic About 2002 Budgets, Finds DoubleClick
There is a very real demand for broadband internet access worldwide, even if growth so far has perhaps not lived up to the grand expectations of the days of the internet boom. This is one of the conclusions drawn by Pioneer Consulting in its Broadband Access 2002 report. The group says that demand for broadband… Continue reading Real Demand For Worldwide Broadband Services Despite ‘Suppressant’ Economy
The FTSE fell 100 points yesterday in reaction to news of suspected fraud at US Telecoms group WorldCom. Media share prices were weaker virtually across the board as a result, with only a handful companies seeing stocks rise.UBC and SMG were the worst hit. The former saw shares slip 6.48% yesterday to close at 25źp,… Continue reading Sharewatch
Poor local press advertising conditions in the south east and London have caused a regional revenue decline of 2.3% at Trinity Mirror for the first half of the year. A decline of 11.6% in this region was offset by growth of 1.7% across the rest of the company’s regional divisions, said a trading statement today.… Continue reading Trinity Mirror Sees Very Little Visibility, Poor South East Revenues
The IPA has published its member agency league tables for 2001, which shows that despite being a victim of client ad budget cuts along with the rest of the industry, Saatchi & Saatchi topped the all agency table with gross income of £52,750,000.The tables are based on gross incomes of more than £250,000 and show… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Top IPA Agency League
NTL and TiVo have announced a deal to promote TiVo digital video recorders to NTL’s cable TV customers in the UK. The service will be available from Monday 1 July via a dedicated sales support line.TiVo’s digital video recorders, launched in the UK in October 2000, allow viewers to digitally record and store programmes and… Continue reading NTL And TiVo Team Up For Promotion
The continuation of Yorkie’s “Not For Girls” campaign, in the form of an FHM advertisment feature and pull out page of stickers, prompted a complaint to the ASA saying that it was degrading to women. The ASA was also concerned that references to “vast amounts of alcohol was offensive and likely to breach the Alcohol… Continue reading Yorkie Let Off The Hook For FHM Ad
