LONDON – Sony Music has launched the website to push the single from ‘X Factor’ winner Joe McElderry, the release of which has sparked a price war between Tesco and Amazon as they look to undercut iTunes by more than two-thirds.
LONDON – Amazon has launched its Kindle e-reader app for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the UK.
LONDON – British Airways has hired agency IMG Consulting to handle all of its sponsorship marketing activity, following a competitive pitch.
LONDON – The number of entertainment and media company insolvencies has reached record levels in the UK, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
LONDON – Advertising is destroying society, according to a new report from thinktank the New Economics Foundation.
NEW YORK – AOL is reported to be in talks to sell its social networking site Bebo and instant messaging service ICQ to Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, which earlier this year bought into Facebook.
LONDON – Premier Rugby, the organisation owned by the top 12 professional rugby clubs in England, has secured an exclusive three-year deal with international sports broadcaster, ESPN, valued in the region of £25m.
NEW YORK – Business consulting group Accenture has ended its six-year-old sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods.
LONDON – New banking brand Metro Bank looks set to gain the approval of the Financial Services Authority, paving way for a launch early next year.
LONDON – Accenture has become the latest advertiser to drop golfer Tiger Woods from its advertising campaigns following reports of his infidelity.
LONDON – Tesco is aiming to capitalise on the popularity of music-themed video games like Guitar Hero by selling real instruments in its stores.
LONDON – Accenture has said it will severe its ties with Tiger Woods, as the consultancy firm heads a growing list of brands distancing themselves from the troubled golfer.
LONDON – Guardian News & Media has launched a paid-for app for The Guardian newspaper today on iPhone and iPod Touch.
LONDON – Digital Marketing Group has bought rival agency 20:20 London in a deal worth around £2 million.
NEW YORK – Google has given employees a prototype mobile phone to test, which it is reportedly planning to sell directly to consumers early next year.
LONDON – Digital Marketing Group has acquired digital creative agency 20:20 London in a deal with a three-year earn-out worth up to £2m.
LONDON – Was the public impressed by the latest ad for The Sun, parodying ads for Apple’s iPhone?
Amazing cheap tuning for your car with carton boxes… Advertiser: Rexona Tuning
A nice design for a wallet with Lego! Advertiser: Lego
LONDON – Last night’s ‘X Factor’ climax is reported to have pulled in nearly 20 million viewers for ITV1 at its peak, with 10 million votes cast, generating an estimated £5m, and Joe McElderry emerging as this year’s winner.
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