By Stephen Foster on October 26, 2012
Much muttering in UK adland today about mini-marcoms group Chime Communications’ purchase of (Lord) Sebastian Coe’s sports consultancy company Complete Leisure Group for a reported £12m. Coe (left), who was chairman of the London Olympics, owns 90 per cent of the shares. Coalition government foreign secretary William Hague, Coe’s former boss when Coe was a [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News, PR | Tagged chime communications, gulliford consulting, locog, london olympics, Lord Coe, Simon Gulliford, sports marketing, William Hague
By Stuart Smith on August 1, 2012
Had Paula Radcliffe (left) not been injured, Nike – unlike arch-rival Adidas not an official sponsor of the Games – would have been prohibited from running an ad featuring one of Team GB’s athletes. Nike hints there may be more ads featuring British athletes if the opportunity arises. During the Games, athletes can only promote [...]
Posted in Clients, Media, News | Tagged Dr Dre, Laura Robson, locog, nike, olympics, Paula Radcliffe
By Staff on March 27, 2012
The imminent London Olympics were supposed to produce a boom time for the whole media sector: from the mighty WPP which anticipated heavy client spending down to the UK’s poster contractors and agencies (one of which, Kinetic, is owned by WPP). All those anticipated visitors would surely persuade advertisers to uncork their wallets. They still [...]
Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, Media, News, Politics | Tagged global radio, imax cinema, JC Decaux, kinetic, locog, london olympics, moscow, Network Rail, ocean outdoor, out of home, posters, Rance Crain, russia, smedvig capital, stratford, utv media, visitors, waterloo, westfield shopping mall, WPP, £1m poster sites
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