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Suzanne Russell has been appointed group advertisement manager of The Southern Publishing Company, a division of Westminster Press. Titles in the sector include the Brighton & Hove Leader and the Brighton Evening Argus.

TV-am, the breakfast TV company that was replaced by GMTV on January 1, looks as if it could be heading towards voluntary liquidation. The latest indication of this is the fact that the company has plans to sell a 16% stake in the Metro Radio Group, worth up to £4m.It has also been suggested that… Continue reading Ousted TV-Am Sells Stake In Metro Radio

Richard Wade has resigned as chairman of the Advertising Association, having been in the position for three years. He is now set to take up the role of director of development at St Edmund Hall in Oxford.

Following the departure from his post as managing director at Oglivy & Mather in September, Mike Elms has now been appointed chief executive of CIA Group Holdings (Newsline 10/9). His new position will allow him scope to reorganise the company, while marketing it throughout the UK. Elms was with O&M since 1973 and managing director… Continue reading Elms Goes To CIA

BBC World is issuing its final edition at the end of this month, with talk that it may merge with another BBC title, Geographical. The anthropology magazine, published monthly, has suffered badly from the recession and advertising never quite reached required targets according to the publishers. Sales for the magazine fell by over 20,000 since… Continue reading BBC Magazine To Call It A Day

Stratis Zographos, finance director with Meridian Television , has left the station within a week of it going on air. He is moving to the ITV Network Centre where he has been appointed commercial director, and will take charge of ITV budgets of up to £500m a year. Peter Hickson will take his place at… Continue reading Meridian Loses Staff Within Days

Swinton Insurance has set up a deal with Atlantic 252 to sponsor its traffic reports. The contract is worth £500,000 for the year, giving exposure 4 times a day.

Five companies have applied to the Radio Authority for the Severn Estuary regional licence. Amongst the bidders were Bristol based Galaxy Radio , owned by the Chiltern Network.

Carolyn McCall is to take over as display advertisement manager with The Guardian, having been with the paper as advertisement development manager. She will take over from Martina Dobson who is leaving to go to Capital Radio.

Alec Kenny is resigning as chairman of Kenny Lockett Booth Makin, with the other partners taking over his responsibilities. Kenny has admitted that he did not feel there was enough scope within the small company for him to expand into certain areas. A replacement as business director will be sought before the end of the… Continue reading Kenny Lockett Booth Makin Loses Kenny