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Virgin Media has named Ashley Stockwell as the new managing director of brand and marketing, replacing James Kydd.Stockwell was promoted from his role of brand marketing director of the Virgin Group, where he has worked for the past 17 years.He started at Virgin Atlantic and has worked for a number of other groups including Virgin… Continue reading Virgin Media Names New Brand & Marketing MD

Daily Mail & General Trust has issued a pre-close trading statement for the 11 months to the end of August, reporting year-on-year underlying revenue growth of 2%. DMGT expects adjusted full-year pre-tax profits to come in about the “high” £250 million mark. However, tough advertising conditions led to a 24% year-on-year ad revenue fall at… Continue reading DMGT Reports 2% Underlying Revenue Growth

Archant has today announced the appointment of Adrian Jeakings as Chief Executive to replace John Fry, who was headhunted by its rival company earlier this week.Fry announced he was leaving Archant to join Johnston Press on Monday, after six years at the company – he is due to leave on December 31 (see Johnston Press… Continue reading Archant Names Fry Replacement

WPP’s proposed £1.1 billion takeover bid for market research company TNS has been conditionally cleared by the European Commission. The EC previously said that a merger between WPP and TNS would raise competition issues about market influence in the European audience measurement market. However, it concluded that the deal could go ahead providing certain conditions… Continue reading WPP Gets EC Approval For £1.1bn TNS Takeover

Archant has appointed Adrian Jeakings as chief executive to replace John Fry who resigned earlier this week to join Johnston Press. Jeakings, currently Group Finance Director at Archant, will take up his new role on November 1. He was previously group finance director of The Stationery Office, a provider of information management services to the… Continue reading Archant Appoints New Chief Executive

Dennis Publishing has announced a new structure and new appointments within its 100 strong advertising division as it seeks to capitalise on its print and online brands.Effective immediately, Dennis has created and made appointments to the brand new roles of press trading director and digital trading director. Dan Reeves has been appointed press trading director… Continue reading Dennis Publishing Sales Team Gets New Structure And Appointments

The Carphone Warehouse has bid less than £450 million for Tiscali, 25% lower than the company’s earlier expectation of £600 million. Tiscali put itself up for sale earlier this year, but missed a self-imposed June 30 deadline to clinch a deal. According to a report in the Sunday Times, interested parties including BT, Vodafone and… Continue reading Carphone Warehouse Makes Tiscali Offer

Daily Mail & General Trust is to combine its national and regional operations, bringing together the newspaper and digital assets of Associated Newspapers and Northcliffe Media under the banner A&N Media. The restructure will see Kevin Beatty, group managing director of Associated Newspapers, become the chief executive of A&N Media, while Michael Pelosi will remain… Continue reading DMGT To Merge National And Regional Operations

UK independent production firm All3Media has acquired Illumina Digital as it expands it multimedia division. Illumina Digital was founded 10 years ago and has created large scale interactive and multiplatform experiences for broadcasters, brands and public institutions across the UK. The company has worked on a variety of cross-media projects, including for the BBC, Channel… Continue reading All3Media Acquires Illumina Digital

Richard Webb has stepped down from his role as managing director of UK nationals at Trinity Mirror with immediate effect, as part of a reorganisation.Mark Hollinshead will replace Webb by combining his current position as managing director of Trinity’s Scottish Daily Record and Sunday Mail with Webb’s former role.Hollinshead will now be responsible for the… Continue reading Richard Webb Set To Leave Trinity Mirror