UTV warns of sharp industry-wide drops in radio and TV ad spend

LONDON – UTV Media, owner of TalkSport and UTV, has warned industry-wide UK radio and TV ad revenues will drop 23% and 17% respectively over the first quarter, following a “sharp deterioration in the macroeconomic environment”.

Publicis Groupe offers free shares to employees

LONDON – Publicis Groupe is looking to lock in best talent and motivate its staff during the economic downturn by offering them free shares.

Future Lions Taking Entries. On Your Marks…!

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Attention ad students: The Future Lions ad competition is now taking entries for 2009.

First Jade wedding show gives Living TV record audience

LONDON – Living TV has registered its best audience figures to date after 789,000 viewers watched the first part of its special on Jade Goody’s wedding, according to unofficial overnight figures.

InviseoMedia appoints new UK head of sales

LONDON – In-flight media owner InviseoMedia has appointed sales director of pharmacy-based outdoor media owner PharmaSite UK, Glenn Brawn, to the new role of UK head of sales.

InviseoMedia appoints new UK head of sale

LONDON – In-flight media owner InviseoMedia has appointed sales director of pharmacy-based outdoor media owner PharmaSite UK, Glenn Brawn, to the new role of UK head of sales.

Churchill nodding dog takes up karaoke in new TV ad

LONDON – Insurance brand Churchill is launching a new TV campaign this week to promote its motor insurance products.

Kummerfeld to step down as FIPP chief

LONDON – Don Kummerfeld, president and chief executive of the international magazine association FIPP, is stepping down after this year’s biennial FIPP Magazine Congress, which is being held in London in May.

L’Atelier Aquarium

L’Atelier Aquarium est un atelier artistique fondé en 2006 par Jérémie Nuel et Simon Renaud. Tous deux diplômés de l’ENSAD de Strasbourg, ils répondent à de nombreuses commandes tout en essayant un maximum d’expérimentation. 



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En résulte des créations soignées, où la typographie a une importance considérable.
Site de l’Atelier Aquarium

Don’t Just Dab Your Mouth; THINK.

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We’ve all heard the legend that JK Rowling sketched the birth of Harry Potter out on a diner napkin while scratching by on welfare.

Intellectual Property Office to make first fee cuts in a decade

LONDON – The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is proposing its first cuts in trade mark charges for more than a decade.

John Lewis to maintain marketing spend despite drop in profits

LONDON – John Lewis plans to maintain its marketing spend and stick to its ‘Never Knowingly Undersold’ promise this year despite a serious drop in its profits.

Asda appoints Fallon partner Mark Sinnock to marketing role

LONDON – Supermarket giant Asda has appointed Mark Sinnock as its new marketing director.

Morrisons grows market share on back of product offering and advertising

LONDON – Morrisons, which positions itself as the ‘the food specialist for everyone’, has announced an aggressive store expansion programme after posting strong preliminary results for the year to 1 February 2009. The retailer said that its advertising, as evidenced by the company’s top ranking in Marketing’s Adwatch ad recall survey, contributed to its rising market share.

Telegraph.co.uk attracts majority of readers in February

LONDON – Telegraph.co.uk was the most visited UK newspaper website in February according to the figures from Nielsen Net Ratings.

Office for Mac Schools Us in ‘Not-Getting-Caught Feng Shui’

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This short film on how to pretend to work was put together entirely on Microsoft Office for Mac — which is more than what we can say for Crispin’s “I’m a PC” campaign.

Office for Mac User Schools Us in ‘Not Getting Caught Feng Shui’

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This short film on how to pretend to work was put together entirely on Microsoft Office for Mac — which is more than what we can say for Crispin’s “I’m a PC” campaign.

Pro-Christian ads draw 1,300 complaints from the public

LONDON – A pro-Christian bus side, created in response to the atheist campaign funded by ‘The God Delusion’ author Richard Dawkins, has become the fourth most complained about ad in the history of the Advertising Standards Authority.

Big Bird stuffed by global recession

NEW YORK – After battering Wall Street, the global economic front has hit the fictional ‘Sesame Street’, with news that the company behind the 40-year-old programme is to axe 20% of its 355-strong workforce.

The Independent makes 20 staff redundant

LONDON – Independent News & Media is believed to have served about 20 staff at The Independent and Independent on Sunday with compulsory redundancy notices.