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The announcement last week that agency boss Jim Kelly and creative director Robert Campbell, co-founders of WPP-owned agency Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R in 1993, have joined forces again to take over WPP Group’s struggling London agency United caused some surprise in advertising circles. The successful executives have taken charge of an agency that has few […]
Few had heard of Jeremy Philips, a 33-year-old News Corporation employee, until a week ago. Now, all the company’s eyes are on him after he was handed the keys to a $1bn (&£565.5m) online media by Rupert Murdoch. Philips, a former management consultant, has been promoted to executive vice-president, reporting directly to Murdoch, and becomes […]
After being pictured allegedly taking cocaine on the front page of a national tabloid newspaper, Kate Moss has seemingly emerged from rehab with added attraction for advertisers. But the Metropolitan Police has now asked the model to help with its enquiries, raising the question of how much negative publicity advertisers associated with her – and […]
The online industry is bracing itself for European legislation that threatens to squeeze the life out of the emerging mobile television industry. New media experts are concerned about proposals to extend the Television Without Frontiers Directive to cover content distributed via the Web or to handheld devices, including mobile phones. The European Commission’s amendments to […]
Last year was hardly a vintage one for television advertising, with Heineken, Heinz and Superdrug abandoning the small screen and few memorable campaigns emerging. However, with a glut of accounts awarded late in 2005, the industry eagerly awaits the next wave of work to emulate the success of Honda’s “The Power of Dreams” (Wieden & […]
Carrying the responsibility for a marketing disaster needn’t be the end of a marketer’s career, indeed experience of a crisis can help when looking for another job. All the same, struggling companies are quick to blame marketing when something goes wrong, says David Benady Marketers have an amazing ability to rise phoenix-like from the ashes […]
Philips isn’t a brand you would instantly associate with the digital age, but its ‘Sense and Simplicity’ global brand campaign could change how it is viewed It’s hard enough being a consumer in this category right now, but spare a thought for those responsible for bringing such wonders to market. You would need the wisdom […]
The unravelling of part of WPP Group’s global arrangement with Samsung, and the recent successes of BBH in securing strategic tie-ups with big brands, have cast doubt over the future of holding company mega-deals. David Benady asks what has made clients restive Two of the world’s top marketing directors last week vowed to radically shake […]
The ‘virtual’ marketing body for commercial TV has often seemed rather ethereal. Now, with a heavyweight chairman, an office and the prospect of some staff, Thinkbox needs to get moving So Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial television, is finally to get its own premises and permanent staff. No one could accuse the TV industry […]
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is seeking an agency to handle the £3m advertising account for the recruitment side of its business.
The Centre:MK, the UK’s largest shopping mall, has handed its £1m advertising and marketing business to Fox Kalomaski.
Newcastle Brown Ale’s “Brown humour” press and poster campaign has triggered a flurry of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on the grounds of indecency and inappropriateness. The TBWA/London- created campaign, which uses the tagline “Brown humour. Not to everyone’s taste”, broke last month. The ASA has yet to adjudicate on the ads that […]
Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest and Fallon remain in the running for the £25m creative account for Royal & SunAlliance’s More Than brand.
JWT and New Zealand agency Assignment have won Tourism New Zealand’s £15m global account.
The problem with ‘permission’ marketing is that it is on an all-or-nothing basis, but new services are enabling consumers to choose what they receive and when Hello there. John Pushysalesman-Smith here. Have I caught you at a good time? Never mind. How about some double glazing, or a new mortgage, or some health insurance, or […]