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The first round of the Thursday night sitcom battle went to the BBC last week, according to unofficial estimates. The programmes are shown at 2030-2100. BBC: Down To Earth (Richard Briers) – 11.3m ITV: Outside Edge – 8.6m

… BBJ Media Services are appointing Andrew Hearnshaw, formerly of BMP, as Planning Director and Group Account Director on the Bass and Buena Vista Home Video businesses. Clare Bugler (ex Zenith) and Tim Elton (ex Leo Burnetts) also join the company as Account Directors working on VAG accounts.… Sharon Catt, formerly media manager at Lansdown… Continue reading Appointments

9.30am – Shares 97p down 10.5p. Saatchi and Saatchi advertising were dealt a further, if somewhat expected, blow late yesterday when both Mirror Group Newspapers and British Airways pulled out of the agency – the accounts were estimated to be worth around £120m. Dixons (worth £40m) looks set to follow in their footsteps.Maurice Saatchi has… Continue reading BA & MGN Move Out Of Saatchi

According to the latest IPA Census figures, the number of people employed in agencies has risen year-on-year, mainly driven by London agencies, and in particular, by increased hiring of executives and media staff.London Outside LondonSept 1993: 11,100 staff at 224 member agencies 8,700 3,100Sept 1994: 11,800 staff at 221 member agencies 8,000 3,100These figures are… Continue reading IPA Census Shows Rise In Agency Employment Figures

The Stock Exchange last night launched an insider dealing investigation into the heavy trading of Saatchi and Saatchi shares, in the four hours before the resignation of three top executives was officially announced.Acting chairman, Charlie Scott, addressing investors and analysts today, has said that the company’s falling share price was due to “hysterical press coverage”… Continue reading Stock Exchange Inquiry Into Saatchi Insider Dealing

Four further senior executives at troubled agency Saatchi and Saatchi have resigned, bringing this week’s total to seven.Today’s resignations come from Nick Hurrell and Moray MacLennan – Joint MDs at Saatchi UK, and James Lowther and Simon Dicketts – both Creative Directors.Saatchi’s share price as at 1.00pm was down 2.5p to 109.5p.

Greg Dyke is to return to broadcasting as chairman and chief executive of Pearson’s television interests. Dyke resigned as chief executive of LWT last February, after it was taken over by Granada in a hostile bid.Dyke will join Pearson on March 1 and will be responsible for expanding the group’s television interests worldwide. Pearson owns… Continue reading Dyke Joins Pearson

Viewing figures for BBC1’s National Lottery programme have fallen steadily since the first draw on November 19, which attracted over 20 million viewers. The latest figures, for December 31, show the programme attracting 12.53 million viewers.The top programme over the new year period was BBC1’s Auntie’s Bloomers, hosted by Terry Wogan, attracting 17.85 million viewers.… Continue reading Lottery Viewing Falls

Channel 4 is to run a version of Brookside in 30-second episodes on commercial radio, for 2 weeks from Janaury 17. The radio episodes will promote a week’s worth of TV episodes, when the soap, which normally runs 3 times a week, will be shown on 5 consecutive nights.As well as promoting the storyline the… Continue reading Brookside Radio Trial

Three senior executives – Jeremy Sinclair, acting Chairman, Bill Muirhead, US Chief Executive and David Kershaw, Head of London Operations – yesterday all resigned from troubled advertising agency Saatchi and Saatchi over their ‘anger at the Board’s decision to oust Maurice Saatchi as Group Chairman’, accusing the board of “commercial vandalism”.Unlike Maurice Saatchi the above… Continue reading Three More Quit At Saatchis