By John Glenday Media watchdog Ofcom has reported that the number of people using browsing websites and apps to obtain their daily fix of news now exceeds numbers reading newspapers for the first time. Ofcom’s latest News Consumption study reports that 41 per cent of people make use of the internet to stay abreast of current affairs, marginally more than the 40 per cent of people who rely on printed newspapers. Both mediums remain dwarfed by the importance of TV however with fully 75 per cent accessing news in this manner, although the web remains the fastest growing medium rising from just 32 per cent Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Ishbel Macleod Diageo has announced the appointment of Vickie Sheriff, currently director of group communications at the department for transport for the UK Government, to its team. Joining as global communications director, Sheriff will look to join together the drink company’s employee engagement and external communications teams. Of her appointment, she said: “I am thrilled to be joining Diageo in a great new role. After a long career enjoying communications in government, I’m looking forward to bringing my skills and experience to the commercial sector. Diageo is a company that people want to work for and I am excited to be leading a team Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy John Glenday Wonga has been hit by a £2.6m compensation bill after the payday lender was found to have written fake legal letters from fictitious lawyers in a bid to scare borrowers into stumping up outstanding loans. The practice saw 45,000 customers issued with such letters between October 2008 and November 2010 with letters headed ‘Chainey, D’Amato & Shannon’ and ‘Barker and Lowe Legal Recoveries’, threatening legal action if the debts were not repaid. In some cases Wonga had the gall to add supplementary charges to outstanding debts to cover the cost of issuing the fake letters. Clive Adamson, director of supervision at the Financial Conduct Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Maisie McCabe Maurice Lévy, the chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe, has told Campaign he was disappointed that Sir Martin Sorrell’s comments about the failed merger with Omnicom were not “witty”. Read full story › Source: Campaign...
Read MoreNow, where were we? Ah, of course – new business. Read full story › Source: Campaign...
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