Marketing guru Simon Gulliford is in line for a windfall of almost £5 million after selling his firm Gulliford Consulting to Lord Bell's Chime Communications, owner of PR giant Bell Pottinger... more
Guardian Media Group and Apax receives a boost as their Auto Trader car-classifieds business swings into the black with a pre-tax profit of £86.3 million against a loss of £498.3 million a year earlier... more
David Ogilvy, the all-conquering British ad man and author whose agency Ogilvy & Mather was an inspiration for TV drama Mad Men, would have expected nothing less on his 100th birthday... more
There are fears of major job losses at The Guardian amid speculation that it could axe its daily specialist print supplements covering subjects such as media and education... more
With no decision on News Corp's BSkyB takeover expected from Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt until next week or later, speculation continues about what happens if regulators say the deal-breaker - hiving off Sky News as a separate company on the stock market - won't work... more
East London Bus Group buckles under the weight of its debt and collapses into administration, to be bought immediately by its one-time owner Stagecoach... more
Guardian Media Group — owner of The Guardian and Smooth Radio — promoted chief financial officer Andrew Miller to replace Carolyn McCall as chief executive... more
In The Air: The betting in the City is News Corp’s efforts to buy BSkyB outright will succeed but will take nine to 12 months for regulators to clear the deal... more
The path to promotion passes through the office of a ferocious young etiquette expert who ritually humiliates her clients before transforming them into boardroom lions... more
In The Air: Reports from media buyers suggest the TV advertising market has taken off in recent weeks, with April looking to be up as much as 15% on last year... more
In The Air: Surprise at how little Guardian Media Group is getting from Trinity Mirror — just £7.4 million — for the sale of 32 regional newspapers, including its flagship Manchester Evening News... more
What does Paul Volcker, the man who has done more than anyone in modern history to design and deliver sound regulation to international banking, think is good about today’s banks? ... more
Emap has warned of "significant doubt" that it can continue as a "going concern" if economic conditions deteriorate and it fails to renegotiate with bank lenders... more
A useful rule for investors is that when a company grows much faster than its peers in the same industry, it is likely sooner or later to get into difficulty ... more
The magazine industry is in turmoil. No it isn't, the magazine industry is doing rather well, thank you. Celebrity magazines are shedding readers in their thousands. Well, some are, but others are adding sales all the time. Men's magazines have had their day. Not really, because they were previously artificially high... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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