Wikipedia raises cash to carry on
Don’t you love websites that don’t carry pop ups, ad reels and advertising? If, like our own investors, you’re wondering how those sites make money; they don’t. Hence Wikipedia asking users to cover the $6m needed to cover its running costs for 2009 and save them from having to carry ...
Monday, January 5th, 2009
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Purple rain as Yahoo boss exits
A sad day for comedy: Its sayonara to one of big businesses loose cannons, Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, who is stepping down at big boss. He’s been entertainingly under fire from his staff and board after cocking-up a sale to Microsoft earlier this year and then waving goodbye to ...
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Tags: Graduate careers at Microsoft, graduate jobs at Yahoo, IT, Marketing, Online
A sad day for comedy: Its sayonara to one of big businesses loose cannons, Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, who is stepping down at big boss. He’s been entertainingly under fire from his staff and board after cocking-up a sale to Microsoft earlier this year and then waving goodbye to ...
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Tags: Graduate careers at Microsoft, graduate jobs at Yahoo, IT, Marketing, Online
Ryanair ask staff to to take their clothes off
Ryanair has got to be an employer of choice right now; when they aren’t misleading customers with false claims in advertising; or crash landing in Rome, they’re asking their staff to take their clothes off and fellate the top-up tube of a life jacket. It’s okay though; its all for ...
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Tags: graduate careers with Ryanair, Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Ryanair has got to be an employer of choice right now; when they aren’t misleading customers with false claims in advertising; or crash landing in Rome, they’re asking their staff to take their clothes off and fellate the top-up tube of a life jacket. It’s okay though; its all for ...
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
Tags: graduate careers with Ryanair, Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Disney turns profit as revenue grows
"Consumer confidence is the lowest we've seen in over three decades," says boss of the Mouse House, Robert Iger. But revenue is growing and profits (though down on last year) are an impressive £485m at Disney. The firm has seen hotel bookings fall and is finding it harder to get ...
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Tags: Disney careers, graduate job opportunities is marketing and media, growth at Disney, student TV career opportunities
"Consumer confidence is the lowest we've seen in over three decades," says boss of the Mouse House, Robert Iger. But revenue is growing and profits (though down on last year) are an impressive £485m at Disney. The firm has seen hotel bookings fall and is finding it harder to get ...
Monday, November 10th, 2008
Tags: Disney careers, graduate job opportunities is marketing and media, growth at Disney, student TV career opportunities
Yahoo and Microsoft are not dating. Alright?!
You know when the mad girl at school says she’s going out with the best looking boy (she’s not) and then tells everyone that she dumped him (she didn’t) and then says that he calls her all the time and is in love with her (he’s never)? That’s the same ...
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Tags: Graduate jobs at Microsoft, IT graduate job interview talking point
You know when the mad girl at school says she’s going out with the best looking boy (she’s not) and then tells everyone that she dumped him (she didn’t) and then says that he calls her all the time and is in love with her (he’s never)? That’s the same ...
Friday, November 7th, 2008
Tags: Graduate jobs at Microsoft, IT graduate job interview talking point
Ad company big winner from new enormous shopping centre
It’s fair to say that a push down the stairs may be the best present some retailers get this Christmas. Nevertheless, next week sees the opening of Europe’s largest shopping centre: Westfield in Shepherds Bush, West London. It will be fascinating to see whether the opulence and ideas of the ...
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Tags: Advertising jobs, graduate and student placements in media, growth in advertisng, Marketing, Retail
It’s fair to say that a push down the stairs may be the best present some retailers get this Christmas. Nevertheless, next week sees the opening of Europe’s largest shopping centre: Westfield in Shepherds Bush, West London. It will be fascinating to see whether the opulence and ideas of the ...
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Tags: Advertising jobs, graduate and student placements in media, growth in advertisng, Marketing, Retail
Good week for…
KPMG: they resigned the fated XL account in 2006 citing dangerous accounting irregularities – er…BDO Stoy Hayward took over the account… Aberystwyth freshers: after it is named as UK's favourite university town, new students have been housed in hotels as record numbers turn up for the new term… Online advertising: Four out ...
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Tags: Banking and Finance, Job interview talking points, KPMG Graduate careers, law, Legal, Marketing, Online
KPMG: they resigned the fated XL account in 2006 citing dangerous accounting irregularities – er…BDO Stoy Hayward took over the account… Aberystwyth freshers: after it is named as UK's favourite university town, new students have been housed in hotels as record numbers turn up for the new term… Online advertising: Four out ...
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
Tags: Banking and Finance, Job interview talking points, KPMG Graduate careers, law, Legal, Marketing, Online
Music gets all shook up - iTunes to go subscription?
More than two thirds of all paid-for downloads come from iTunes. That’s five billion since 2003. 8 million individual tracks to choose from. That’s music getting sold – good days. So why are there rumours that record labels are stepping up their campaign to undermine iTunes? It’s the issue of ...
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Tags: Apple, Downloads, EMI, Music industry, Revenue Model, Using IT, Warner
More than two thirds of all paid-for downloads come from iTunes. That’s five billion since 2003. 8 million individual tracks to choose from. That’s music getting sold – good days. So why are there rumours that record labels are stepping up their campaign to undermine iTunes? It’s the issue of ...
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Tags: Apple, Downloads, EMI, Music industry, Revenue Model, Using IT, Warner
When Green awards are a wash out…
There’s no point giving out gongs at the Green Web Awards if you can’t give some “greenwashers” a good shoeing at the same time. Wooden spoons were handed out at the awards to Shell and ExxonMobil for advertising campaigns that tried to make them look more green, and toy maker ...
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Tags: Awards, CSR, Energy, Green, Greenwash, Retail, Talking point
There’s no point giving out gongs at the Green Web Awards if you can’t give some “greenwashers” a good shoeing at the same time. Wooden spoons were handed out at the awards to Shell and ExxonMobil for advertising campaigns that tried to make them look more green, and toy maker ...
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Tags: Awards, CSR, Energy, Green, Greenwash, Retail, Talking point
WWF smackdown Shell
Shell make a press ad that claims their Canadian oil sand extraction operation was sustainable. While the majorty of us ignore this because when the words "Canadian+oil+sand+extraction+operation" appear, our brains shut down, the World Wildlife Fund in the UK looked into the claim and decided it was “bullwash” or “greenshit,” ...
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Tags: advertising, ASA, charity, Environment, fuel, Greenwash, Oil, Shell
Shell make a press ad that claims their Canadian oil sand extraction operation was sustainable. While the majorty of us ignore this because when the words "Canadian+oil+sand+extraction+operation" appear, our brains shut down, the World Wildlife Fund in the UK looked into the claim and decided it was “bullwash” or “greenshit,” ...
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Tags: advertising, ASA, charity, Environment, fuel, Greenwash, Oil, Shell
How to get ahead in advertising
To the outsider, marketing might look like a world of pointy shoes, pills, and crying yourself to sleep, but its smarter than that. The smartest of the lot are an agency I’ve admired from afar for many years MOTHER. They are the mothers behind the latest buzz in the ad ...
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Tags: Ad agency, Big money, Commercials, Creative, Food and Drink, Marketing, New ideas, Retail
To the outsider, marketing might look like a world of pointy shoes, pills, and crying yourself to sleep, but its smarter than that. The smartest of the lot are an agency I’ve admired from afar for many years MOTHER. They are the mothers behind the latest buzz in the ad ...
Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Tags: Ad agency, Big money, Commercials, Creative, Food and Drink, Marketing, New ideas, Retail
McBig McRecruitment McDrive McBegins
The Evening Standard decided to prove the grip of the credit crunch and rang top London restaurants to find that many of them could offer them a table that night and some even had spaces on Saturdays traditionally booked up for months in advance. Proof then that we are in ...
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Tags: Expansion plans, Food and Drink, Growth, McJob, new jobs, Retail
The Evening Standard decided to prove the grip of the credit crunch and rang top London restaurants to find that many of them could offer them a table that night and some even had spaces on Saturdays traditionally booked up for months in advance. Proof then that we are in ...
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Tags: Expansion plans, Food and Drink, Growth, McJob, new jobs, Retail
Dominos sales explode thanks to credit crunch
Apparently the credit crunch is forcing the middle classes to downgrade from restaurants to takeaways. So says the country’s biggest pizza delivery company Domino’s who have reported increased sales across their 500 stores including a sharp-rise in high spending (“Can I have a Vienetta too?”) customers – new faces ordering ...
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Tags: entrepreneur, Food and Drink, Franchise, Growth, Jpb opportunities, Pizza, Retail
Apparently the credit crunch is forcing the middle classes to downgrade from restaurants to takeaways. So says the country’s biggest pizza delivery company Domino’s who have reported increased sales across their 500 stores including a sharp-rise in high spending (“Can I have a Vienetta too?”) customers – new faces ordering ...
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Tags: entrepreneur, Food and Drink, Franchise, Growth, Jpb opportunities, Pizza, Retail
BT Gremlin ad - too scary for some
With BT announcing a £1.5bn investement to get the UK into the braodband superleague, here's something to talk about in your job interview: It seems Dragon, Peter Jones’ acting isn’t the only scary thing in the new BT ads. The Gremlins stopping him doing his no doubt fascinating work are ...
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Tags: advertising, commericals, Communications, Marketing, Talking point
With BT announcing a £1.5bn investement to get the UK into the braodband superleague, here's something to talk about in your job interview: It seems Dragon, Peter Jones’ acting isn’t the only scary thing in the new BT ads. The Gremlins stopping him doing his no doubt fascinating work are ...
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Tags: advertising, commericals, Communications, Marketing, Talking point
Naked Cowboy takes Mars to court
Mars is facing a £3m lawsuit from a man who wears nothing but white cowboy boots and a pair of tight white underpants. No, not John Leslie, The Naked Cowboy is a New York institution. The street performer, real name Robert Burck, strides around Times Square in his hat, boots ...
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Tags: advertising, chocolate, Food and Drink, law, Marketing, MTV, Retail, Talking point
Mars is facing a £3m lawsuit from a man who wears nothing but white cowboy boots and a pair of tight white underpants. No, not John Leslie, The Naked Cowboy is a New York institution. The street performer, real name Robert Burck, strides around Times Square in his hat, boots ...
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Tags: advertising, chocolate, Food and Drink, law, Marketing, MTV, Retail, Talking point
Hutchison 3 blows bubbles at O2
For four years mobile operator O2 has been battling in court with Hutchison 3G (3) over the use of its bubbles trademark in advertising. And now they’ve…lost. In 2004 Hutchison used the bubbles in a campaign for its "Threepay" service comparing its prices with O2's. O2 worried that people would ...
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Tags: advertising, brands, commericals, comunications, law, Marketing, mobiles
For four years mobile operator O2 has been battling in court with Hutchison 3G (3) over the use of its bubbles trademark in advertising. And now they’ve…lost. In 2004 Hutchison used the bubbles in a campaign for its "Threepay" service comparing its prices with O2's. O2 worried that people would ...
Monday, June 16th, 2008
Tags: advertising, brands, commericals, comunications, law, Marketing, mobiles
Microsoft abandons Yahoo bid
So, after three month's deliberation, Microsoft has walked away from it's £24bn bid to buy Yahoo (still the USA's number 1) because the two sides couldn't agree on an acceptable sale price. The idea was to provide an alternative to Google, that dominates the online advertising industry. Microsoft needs "eyeballs" ...
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Tags: career opportunity, Marketing, Online, sale
So, after three month's deliberation, Microsoft has walked away from it's £24bn bid to buy Yahoo (still the USA's number 1) because the two sides couldn't agree on an acceptable sale price. The idea was to provide an alternative to Google, that dominates the online advertising industry. Microsoft needs "eyeballs" ...
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Tags: career opportunity, Marketing, Online, sale
Online advertising set to overtake TV advertising
And now, a message to our sponsors: Next year, online advertising spend is set to overtake TV ad spend for the first time, as it records a huge 38% year-on-year increase in 2007 to £2.8bn. The recruitment sector continued to lead the market with 25.7% market share. How's that relevant ...
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Tags: advertising, Creative, IPTV, TV
And now, a message to our sponsors: Next year, online advertising spend is set to overtake TV ad spend for the first time, as it records a huge 38% year-on-year increase in 2007 to £2.8bn. The recruitment sector continued to lead the market with 25.7% market share. How's that relevant ...
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Tags: advertising, Creative, IPTV, TV
Saatchi says luxury goods buying is on the up - bling!
If the recession made you think that a career selling Cartier watches or Porsche Boxters was out the question, think on…advertiser M&C Saatchi plans to expand its luxury goods arm (Provenance) after a 53% jump in profits. Their research shows a healthy 10% of the population are spending heavily on ...
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Tags: design, luxury, M&C Saatchi, Porsche
If the recession made you think that a career selling Cartier watches or Porsche Boxters was out the question, think on…advertiser M&C Saatchi plans to expand its luxury goods arm (Provenance) after a 53% jump in profits. Their research shows a healthy 10% of the population are spending heavily on ...
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Tags: design, luxury, M&C Saatchi, Porsche
Heinz billboard too steamy
An advertising billboard featuring a giant pot of steaming soup has been erected at a busy part of London’s North Circular Road. The poster, which will be seen by 1.2m drivers in the next fortnight is for Heinz beef stew and will release “steam” during the morning and evening rush ...
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Tags: advertising, Food and Drink
An advertising billboard featuring a giant pot of steaming soup has been erected at a busy part of London’s North Circular Road. The poster, which will be seen by 1.2m drivers in the next fortnight is for Heinz beef stew and will release “steam” during the morning and evening rush ...
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Tags: advertising, Food and Drink
Fru ditches two radio stations to turnaround GCap Media
GCap Media, the UK’s biggest commercial radio broadcaster and owner of Xfm and Choice, is to close two digital radio stations. Jazz and Planet Rock (who?) are to go, and GCap's stake in Digital One, a national broadcasting platform for digital stations, will be sold to Arqiva. In January, GCap ...
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Tags: Broadcasting, media, Radio
GCap Media, the UK’s biggest commercial radio broadcaster and owner of Xfm and Choice, is to close two digital radio stations. Jazz and Planet Rock (who?) are to go, and GCap's stake in Digital One, a national broadcasting platform for digital stations, will be sold to Arqiva. In January, GCap ...
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Tags: Broadcasting, media, Radio
Virgin announces first space tourists
An electrician from Harrow cashed in 2 million airmiles to become one of the first private astronauts in the world. Branson has unveiled the “pioneer” customers who’ve paid £100,000 each for a place on his Virgin Galactic spaceship. The first two-hour flights scheduled for next year will include 4 ½ ...
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Tags: airline, Virgin
An electrician from Harrow cashed in 2 million airmiles to become one of the first private astronauts in the world. Branson has unveiled the “pioneer” customers who’ve paid £100,000 each for a place on his Virgin Galactic spaceship. The first two-hour flights scheduled for next year will include 4 ½ ...
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Tags: airline, Virgin
WPP has one eye on Dell
The world's second largest premier computer maker Dell has announced a $100m a year tie-up with marketeers WPP that will bring their global advertising and communication under one group (instead of the current 800 firms!!) WPP will set up a seperate company to handle the account. We just hope Michael ...
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Tags: Computers, media
The world's second largest premier computer maker Dell has announced a $100m a year tie-up with marketeers WPP that will bring their global advertising and communication under one group (instead of the current 800 firms!!) WPP will set up a seperate company to handle the account. We just hope Michael ...
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
Tags: Computers, media
Starbucking the trend with new commericals
To help turn around a slump in sales in the USA, Starbucks will launch its first ever National advertising campaign on american television. Onlookers suggest that the market has become saturated and Starbucks has overreached itself as it aims for 40,000 stores worldwide. The company did admit that it will ...
Monday, November 19th, 2007
Tags: advertising, career vision, commericals
To help turn around a slump in sales in the USA, Starbucks will launch its first ever National advertising campaign on american television. Onlookers suggest that the market has become saturated and Starbucks has overreached itself as it aims for 40,000 stores worldwide. The company did admit that it will ...
Monday, November 19th, 2007
Tags: advertising, career vision, commericals
Nova: Japanese learn English for “creek” and “paddle”
Nearly 1000 British language teachers are fearing for their jobs after Nova, the owner of Japan's 900 language schools, closed its doors and filed for court protection from creditors who are owed nearly £200m. Its troubles began earlier this year when it acted illegally by refusing to refund students who ...
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Tags: overseas, Seeing the World, Teaching
Nearly 1000 British language teachers are fearing for their jobs after Nova, the owner of Japan's 900 language schools, closed its doors and filed for court protection from creditors who are owed nearly £200m. Its troubles began earlier this year when it acted illegally by refusing to refund students who ...
Monday, October 29th, 2007
Tags: overseas, Seeing the World, Teaching
Microbook FaceSoft deal happens
Microsoft has paid a $240m for a 1.6% stake in Facebook which values the firm (yet to make a profit) at $15bn. The move also allows Microsoft to expand their advertising partnership with the site, knocking Google into touch. Microsoft will be the exclusive provider for banner advertising on the ...
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Tags: Facebook, IT, Marketing, Microsoft, Online
Microsoft has paid a $240m for a 1.6% stake in Facebook which values the firm (yet to make a profit) at $15bn. The move also allows Microsoft to expand their advertising partnership with the site, knocking Google into touch. Microsoft will be the exclusive provider for banner advertising on the ...
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Tags: Facebook, IT, Marketing, Microsoft, Online
Ryanair will make you rich, famous…and have sex with you.
Ryanair has had its botty smacked by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)…again. They stated that consumers buying tickets from Lastminute.com were being "ripped off" in an advert that depicted a burglar tagged as an "online agent". The ASA upheld Lastminute.com's objection that the comparison was misleading, because it quoted prices ...
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Ryanair has had its botty smacked by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)…again. They stated that consumers buying tickets from Lastminute.com were being "ripped off" in an advert that depicted a burglar tagged as an "online agent". The ASA upheld Lastminute.com's objection that the comparison was misleading, because it quoted prices ...
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Wii are the champions
Nintendo's share price has tripled this year and it is second only to Toyota among the Japanese giants. Thanks to clever producrts like the handheld DS and the amusingly named Wii, Nintendo have found new customer bases (women, pensioners, dogs...) so are outselling Sony's PSP and Microsoft's Xbox ranges. As ...
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Nintendo's share price has tripled this year and it is second only to Toyota among the Japanese giants. Thanks to clever producrts like the handheld DS and the amusingly named Wii, Nintendo have found new customer bases (women, pensioners, dogs...) so are outselling Sony's PSP and Microsoft's Xbox ranges. As ...
Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Get Blyk to where you once belong!
Blyk launched last month offering free mobile calls to 16-24 year-olds in exchange for a sneaky little bit of advertising to their phones. We've been keeping an eye on them, not least because their founder is called Pekka Ala Pietilä (snigger) and because all profile pictures on their website have ...
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Blyk launched last month offering free mobile calls to 16-24 year-olds in exchange for a sneaky little bit of advertising to their phones. We've been keeping an eye on them, not least because their founder is called Pekka Ala Pietilä (snigger) and because all profile pictures on their website have ...
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
ASDA’s Bond - licence to contradict
Tesco's boss Terry Leahy said this week he would initiate a vital revolution in "green consumption" - but it would affect prices. Now ASDA CEO and Beeker look-a-like Andy Bond contradicts that, saying grocers could actually save money by buying green. He gives the swear box a good going over ...
Friday, September 14th, 2007
Tesco's boss Terry Leahy said this week he would initiate a vital revolution in "green consumption" - but it would affect prices. Now ASDA CEO and Beeker look-a-like Andy Bond contradicts that, saying grocers could actually save money by buying green. He gives the swear box a good going over ...
Friday, September 14th, 2007
(Predominately White) Facebook
Advertisers on Facebook cannot control where their ads appear, hence ads for Vodfone and First Direct repeatedly popped up on a rotating basis on the BNP group pages. Both companies have pulled their advertising on the site, to "avoid misunderstandings" and for "not matching values and identity" respectively. Stop Press! ...
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
Advertisers on Facebook cannot control where their ads appear, hence ads for Vodfone and First Direct repeatedly popped up on a rotating basis on the BNP group pages. Both companies have pulled their advertising on the site, to "avoid misunderstandings" and for "not matching values and identity" respectively. Stop Press! ...
Friday, August 3rd, 2007
