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TouchPoints data confirms digital's rising popularity

by Harriet Dennys, Media Week, 03-Jul-08, 11:30

LONDON - The IPA's second TouchPoints survey, unveiled this morning, has highlighted the huge consumer shift towards digital media use over the past two years.

News Int brings Times, Sun, NotW and londonpaper under one sales roof

by Sarah Crawley-Boevey, Media Week, 02-Jul-08, 15:45

LONDON - News International (NI) has confirmed it is to merge its sales teams into one department covering all five newspapers. The radical move will see, for the first time in the UK, a sales operation selling across the diverse audiences that read red-top and quality newspapers.

Virgin rapped by ASA for misleading ads

by Sarah Crawley-Boevey, Media Week, 02-Jul-08, 11:10

LONDON - Virgin Media has been reprimanded by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for misleading consumers in a national press campaign.

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Carter to head group ad sales team at News International

by John Reynolds, Media Week, 01-Jul-08, 07:30

LONDON - Dominic Carter is to head News International's merged advertising sales operation, while Mike Gordon, deputy managing director of News Group Newspapers, is leaving after missing out on the top digital role at the company.

Nissan to sponsor Telegraph TV

by David Allott, Media Week, 30-Jun-08, 15:10

LONDON - Telegraph Media Group has secured Nissan as sponsor for its Telegraph TV on-line service.

Trinity Mirror profit warning sends shares tumbling

by Jennifer Whitehead, Media Week, 30-Jun-08, 11:36

LONDON - Shares in Trinity Mirror Group lost almost a quarter of their value in trading this morning, after the publisher warned it would fall 10% short of its profit targets.

Internet to overtake newspapers ad spend in 2009

by David Allott, Media Week, 30-Jun-08, 09:05

LONDON - The internet will become the UK's single largest advertising medium next year, overtaking both TV and newspapers, according to the latest ad spend forecast from ZenithOptimedia.

P&G chief warns against economic 'negativism'

by Jennifer Whitehead, Media Week, 26-Jun-08, 14:35

LONDON - Alan George Lafley, chairman and chief executive of Procter & Gamble, the world's biggest advertiser, has urged the US Presidential candidates to resist the urge to talk down the economy and spark a deep global recession.

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James Murdoch to head Sky Italia

by John Reynolds, Media Week, 26-Jun-08, 11:00

LONDON - James Murdoch is to replace his father as president of Sky Italia, the Italian satellite TV operation, and is closing on a deal to acquire German satellite TV operation Premiere - moves which further boost his position in his father's global media empire.

30 under 30 deadline nears

by Harriet Dennys, Media Week, 24-Jun-08, 07:30

LONDON - Media's most talented young professionals have just two weeks to enter Media Week's 30 under 30 competition before the closing date of 8 July.