Talk Radio sales controller, Tim Bleakley, has appointed two new people to its sales team. Laura Doughty, former sales exec. at The Guardian and Deirdre Lythe, formerly new business development manager at Flextech, join Talk Radio next week.The station has also has also agreed two new sponsorship deals: Tesco will sponsor a twelve week series… Continue reading Talk Radio News
A joint venture between New PHD and Partners BDDH has resulted in the creation of a new media strategy and planning agency called Media Science. Media Science will be housed at BDDH’s offices and will be staffed by two or three senior media strategists who have yet to be chosen. The £9m Mercedes media buying… Continue reading New PHD And BDDH Create Media Science
It has been reported that talks and the preparation of documents are underway to forge a deal between the two advertising agencies McCann-Erickson and the Leith Agency. It is rumoured that such a deal would result in McCann taking the 45% stake in Leith which is currently held by 3i.According to Campaign, McCann would use… Continue reading McCann-Erickson And Leith Agency Merger
http://www.itv.co.uk/The ITV Website, launched on Monday, is a comprehensive guide to all ITV regional stations. The site has been designed for the average viewer rather anyone with industry interest and as a result is easy to use and is full of info on ITV programmes for all regions.The site contains weekly TV listings and allows… Continue reading Website Of The Week – ITV
The customer magazine for IKEA will be called Room when it launches later this month (subscribers see Ikea To Launch Mag). The title will be published by John Brown Contract Publishing.John Brown Contract Publishing: 0171 470 2400
A number of television companies have applied to the ITC for two-year restricted service licences (RSLs) which will allow them to broadcast within British cities. The ITC has received 31 applications for RSLs which they take to be a strong indication of the desire for local community broadcasting.A number of cities, including Leicester, will have… Continue reading Broadcasting In British Cities
The Independent has raised its cover price to 45p. The title, which has just had a facelift (subscribers see Changes At The Independent) previously sold for 40p before instigating a price-cut to 20p.Independent: 0171 345 2000
The Daily Telegraph has launched an online version of its free student newspaper Juiced (subscribers see Ewan Replaces Haslum At Telegraph). The Website can be found at http://www.juiced.co.uk/ and will be featured in next week’s Website of the Week.
Outdoor advertising company TDI and A.G. Barr, producers of Tizer, are launching a Tizer outdoor promotional campaign for the first time. The campaign is designed to target kids’ mums in order to promote a two-litre product of the drink. The promotion will use bus T-sides in order to achieve this.TDI: 0171 267 5695
From 5 October the London and southeast editions of The Sunday Times Magazine will include a new 24-page colour magazine called New London.Editor Paul Sullivan says the magazine will aim to reveal “the London you don’t know” by giving information on new places to go and things to enjoy as well as examining some of… Continue reading New Sunday Times Magazine Supplement, New London
