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Animal Rights activists protest outside Channel 4 HQ over advert that...
Campaigners for animal rights have gathered outside Channel 4’s London headquarters accusing the broadcaster of deliberately ramping up the danger of the Grand National steeplechase race through its...
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Ad of the Day: Asda - Beans
This is one of those executions where the director appears to have gone above and beyond the call of duty. There's nothing wrong with the script, but this treatment breathes extra life into it and...
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Yahoo! launches third Annual Young Media Stars Contest
Yahoo! has launched its third annual Young Media Stars contest, this year welcoming entries from outside the US. The programme aims to recognise the industry’s top up-and-coming young digital media...
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Gransnet launches new local directory service
Gransnet, the UK’s largest social network for older people, has launched a new local directory service. Gransnet Local will be run by people aged 50-plus, offering listings of activities and events....
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Britain’s first youth police commissioner comes under fire for offensive tweets
Paris Brown, Britain’s first youth police commissioner, has come under fire for a number of tweets on drinking, drugs and sex and some that use derogatory terms such as 'fag' and 'pikey'. The 17...
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How to get a job in industry: LinkedIn is essential and you must consider...
As the monumental shift towards all things online and digital continues in peoples' daily lives, recruitment processes have become more social media-focused. The Drum spoke to three recruitment...
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Channel 4’s Grand National bet pays off with 8.9m viewers
Broadcaster Channel 4 has emerged as one of the biggest winners from this weekend’s Grand National race after the channel revealed its coverage had drawn 8.9m viewers at its peak. Though a drop of 2m...
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The World Health Organization works with Heehaw Digital on online video to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new video to promote World Health Day. This year’s World Health Day, which took place yesterday (Sunday 7 April) focuses on high blood pressure and...
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Borgen & House of Cards writers team up for new BBC drama
House of Cards author Michael Dobbs has announced that he is collaborating with the writer of Danish political drama Borgen, Adam Price, to produce a ‘very major project’ for the BBC. Scheduled to hit...
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Labour front bencher concedes aides set up personal Wikipedia page
Chuka Umunna, a rising star in the Labour party, has conceded that a personal Wikipedia entry was likely penned and edited by his own aides. The article on the online encyclopaedia was set up in...
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Hacked Off director accused of ‘lying’ under oath
Hacked Off, the press campaign group which presents itself as being whiter than white, is under pressure following allegations that one of its directors gave false evidence under oath to the Leveson...
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Uniform appoints Ryan Kaye as head of digital
Uniform has today announced the appointment of Ryan Kaye as head of digital, joining from his role of head of digital strategy at CTI. Nick Howe, managing director at Uniform, said: “The head of...
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Facebook reportedly to introduce £10 private messaging fee
Facebook, ever mindful of an opportunity to monetise its huge user base, is to begin charging UK members up to a tenner to send a private message to celebrities, public figures or even just newly met...
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Spring cold snap has chilling effect on UK High Streets
A blast of unseasonal Arctic air has hit Britain’s ailing High Street’s according to new figures, which indicate that like-for-like retail sales in March were 0.9% down on a year ago. According to...
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Is public sector procurement killing marketing services agencies?
Questions about the public sector procurement strategy adopted across the UK to involve both the UK and the Scottish Government, a partner of the Scottish Minister’s Marketing Services Framework, are...
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New website from One Black Bear to position Birmingham as international...
Birmingham-based digital design and development agency One Black Bear has launched a new website for Business Birmingham, which aims to differentiate the UK's second largest city from competitor...
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Wikileaks publish fresh tranche of US diplomatic cables
Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder who remains holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy, has published a fresh tranche of 1.7m US diplomatic and intelligence reports dating from 1973 to 1976. The...
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Georgie Thompson named new face of Suremen Lotus F1
Former Sky Sports F1® host Georgie Thompson has been named as the new face of Suremen Lotus F1 Team activity, a role which will see her support the deodorant brand through in-store, PR and digital...
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Tobacco industry mounts rear guard action against plain packaging
Britain’s tobacco industry is upping the ante over plans to mandate plain packaging on all cigarettes with the publication of the latest phase of an ongoing advertising campaign in national...
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MiNetwork and The Wow Company offer members FREE Xero accounting software
MiNetwork has signed a deal with specialist creative industries accountancy firm The Wow Company, which will see all current and new MiNetwork members eligible for one year’s worth of FREE access to...
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