Mirror Group kicks off £3.5m creative review
The Mirror Group is reviewing its £3.5 million advertising account, ending a 12-year relationship with M&C Saatchi.
The publisher is working with the AAR to draw up a shortlist of
agencies. M&C Saatchi will not repitch.
Richard Webb, the managing director of Mirror Group, said: "Our business
focus has changed recently, and so have our agency requirements."
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The Mirror Group has cut above-the-line ad support for its newspapers
over the past five years. Six years ago, when M&C Saatchi successfully
repitched for the account, it spent £15 million on advertising for
its titles, which include the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and The
People.
The chairman of M&C Saatchi, Moray MacLennan, said: "We've enjoyed
working with the Mirror Group, and wish them well for the future."
The group's media planning and buying account, which is handled by
ZenithOptimedia, is unaffected by the review.
Sales of the Mirror Group-owned titles slipped in the December ABCs,
with the Daily Mirror's circulation down 3 per cent year on year to
1,494,114, the Sunday Mirror's slipping 0.57 per cent to 1,315,188 and
The People's falling 12 per cent to 674,781.
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