The Sunday Times is launching a new 64-page colour tabloid supplement, called Home. The new supplement will be launched in this weekend’s paper, and will replace the existing 16-page broadsheet Property section. Home will feature a range of articles, from how to buy a house abroad to useful tips on DIY projects. There will also […]
The Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Caroline Moss as director of marketing at its Corporate Banking and Financial Markets (CBFM) division. Moss joins from RBS-owned Coutts Group. She replaces Richard Wetenhall, who has taken up a new role within RBS. It is the second time that Moss has been promoted in a month. In […]
In a bizarre initiative Häagen-Dazs is considering repackaging its ice-cream in plain white pots, so that consumers have little or no idea what flavour they are buying.
The Dublin Tourist Board won’t be co-operating with a documentary about life in the city because there will be too much drinking involved, the Diary hears. The board is concerned that Planet Wild – maker of highly original and cutting-edge TV documentaries such as Ibiza Uncovered – will portray the city in a bad light […]
Granada has recruited Zenith Media UK chief executive Graham Duff to run its ad sales operation in place of Mick Desmond, who has been promoted to head a Granada division. Duff succeeds Desmond as chief executive of Granada Enterprises. Zenith managing director Simon Marquis will replace Duff as chief executive at the agency. Desmond is […]
Virgin mobile is trying to get people to congregate in Leicester Square today (Wednesday) at 1.15pm to break the world record for the largest number of mobile phones ringing in unison, the Diary hears. Once there, lucky participants will have the Pearl & Dean theme ringtone downloaded to their phones. Sir Richard Branson, also known […]
The Observer newspaper, which is experiencing a circulation resurgence, has called a review of its &£2m advertising account, currently with Ogilvy & Mather. Guardian Newspapers marketing director Marc Sands says he wants to “strengthen the newspaper’s creative work”. Ogilvy & Mather has held the &£2m account since July 1997, but has declined to re-pitch for […]
Workthing.com, the Guardian Media Group online recruitment network, has appointed Catherine Edmondson as head of marketing, replacing Niall Murdoch, who left in July to join Channel 4. She will oversee all the marketing and advertising budgets for the company and will report to Workthing’s marketing and product development director, Claire Potter. Edmondson joins from EMAP […]
The contract magazine sector is growing rapidly, with mainstream publishers and media groups fighting for a slice of a very lucrative cake
An activist group has lodged a complaint with the ASA against Procter & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark. The group is angered by a leaflet that claims there is no environmental benefit in using washable instead of disposable nappies.