If the London Evening Standard becomes just another free paper following the demise of the London Lite, Alexander Lebedev will have lost a large sum of money for nothing, says Raymond Snoddy.
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IPC Ignite has appointed Andrew Goldsmith as its new group advertising director, responsible for its men’s and music brands, including Nuts and NME.
Havas has reported organic growth decline of 9.3% year on year in the three months to the end of September, with revenue of €326 million.
BSkyB has reported a 39.5% rise in pre-tax profits to £180 million in the three months to the end of September.
Twitter has signed deals with Microsoft and Google to include its updates on their search results.
Worldwide revenue at Omnicom fell 14.4% year on year to $2.8 billion in the third quarter of 2009, with profits down 22.5% to $165.6 million.
Pre-tax profits at Yahoo! were up a massive 244% year on year in the third quarter to $186 million.
Out of home media agency Kinetic has appointed Carolyn Nugent as its UK head of digital.
FT Group enjoyed a 10% rise in headline sales in the first nine months of the year, according to financial results released today by parent company Pearson.
Advertising revenues at Newsquest were down 28.7% year on year in the third quarter of 2009.
