Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – Richard Desmond’s Daily Star tabloid hit the buffers in April after its circulation fell month-on-month for the first time in 2010.

LONDON – Powerade, Coca-Cola’s sports drink brand, has signed up World Champion heptathlete Jessica Ennis as a brand ambassador.

LONDON – Financial information company Thomson Reuters has launched a multimillion pound global marketing campaign in support of its Insider multimedia news service.

LONDON – Insurance firm Hiscox has signed a six-figure sponsorship deal with Channel 4 covering a series of programmes collectively known as ‘Intelligent Thinking on 4’ from the end of May.

LONDON – Guardian News & Media (GN&M), the publisher of The Guardian and The Observer, is to launch its Open Platform venture on a commercial footing this month as it looks to increase its revenue streams and further distance its digital offering from rivals.

In his first interview since becoming UK managing director of CBS Outdoor, former Toyota chief Mike Moran tells Harriet Dennys how he plans to make an impact at the UK’s number two outdoor advertising firm

LONDON – Blackberry maker Research in Motion is set to enter the tablet computer market with the launch of a device later this year.

LONDON – Politics continues to dominate the nationals front pages with a range angles following the Conservative and Liberal Democrats’ first Cabinet meeting and the appointment of new ministers.

LONDON – New York creative Alec Brownstein has turned the guilty pleasure of Googling one’s own name into a masterclass in online marketing.

LONDON – Future’s Robert Price departs stage left for Fox, while Simon Fox (pictured) enters stage right at GMG, as Brand Republic rounds up the moves in advertising, digital, marketing and media.