Omnicom is to pay £15m for a 9% stake in Aegis, the Carat parent company. The move is part of a major refinancing package designed to raise more than £60m of new equity. Omnicom claims that the deal has no implications for The Media Partnership, its European joint venture with WPP, although TMP and Aegis… Continue reading Omnicom Takes Stake In Aegis
IPC yesterday inserted a sample of its women’s monthly Essentials into the Daily Mirror. The 16-page tester, based on the November issue, was inserted into around 600,000 copies of the newspaper in the London ITV region.IPC hopes to increase awareness of the magazine through the sampler, which included a discounted subscription offer for Daily Mirror… Continue reading Daily Mirror Carries Essentials Sampler
Virgin is revamping its weekend schedule and moving the Virgin-Labatts album chart from its Sunday afternoon slot. From this Saturday the album chart will go out at 1pm, directly after the Nescafe Big Red Mug Show.Announcing the changes John Revell, joint director of programmes, said “The chart show move will enable us to consolidate on… Continue reading Virgin Revamps Weekend Schedule
Media director of Leagas Delaney Robin Kent has been appointed international client services director for the Carat Group.Zenith Media has appointed Graham Duff as head of broadcasting. He was sales director at Meridian. He replaces Stuart Nicholson who Zenith have made chief executive of their operation in Hungary.
A management buyout is expected to be concluded this week between the WPP Group and its US agency Fallon McElligott. The latter will buy itself independence in a deal thought to be worth £10m.
IPC are looking for 20 women-targeted advertisers to take part in a new ad awareness study to be launched next year. The research will be conducted by Millward Brown using telephone interviews with around 10,000 women over the year. Respondents will be asked if they have recently seen any advertising for the brands either in… Continue reading New Ad Tracking Service
BT are sponsoring back-up materials for Carlton TV’s Social Action output… Kahlua begins its regular Kahlua Mix slot on Kiss FM this week.
C4 estimate that by the end of the present 10 year licence period they will have paid ITV more than £200m-ITV will this year receive £30m+ from C4. The estimates are based on the 1990 Broadcasting Act’s stipulation which states that if C4’s share of net terrestrial revenue exceeds 14% then 50% of the excess… Continue reading Channel 4 Levy Estimates
The Newspaper Society has criticised proposals by the Lord Chancellor to create a new civil law of infringement of privacy.The NS criticises proposals in the consultation paper as being unclear and unworkable, and if made law it “could stop regional newspapers’ investigation and revelation of matters of legitimate interest to their local communities”. The Society… Continue reading NS Condemn Privacy Proposals
A management buyout is expected to be concluded this week between the WPP Group and its US agency Fallon McElligott. The latter will buy itself independence in a deal thought to be worth £10m.
