Front page articles from How-Do, the website for the North West media industry http://www.how-do.co.uk Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:09:47 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3675&Itemid=26 Crain’s Manchester Business (north-west-media-news/north-west-publishing/crain’s-launches-today-200712171550/) publisher Arthur Porter has told How-Do that he has come to the decision to make the title’s advertising rates “more attractive” in the face of the worsening economic environment.The move comes at a time of rapid evolution for business publishing in the city (north-west-media-news/north-west-publishing/men-loses-business-editor-as-barry-moves-to-thebusinessdesk.com-200809253583/), with the imminent arrival of City AM as the latest testament to the apparent dynamism of the marketplace. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3664&Itemid=26 Free London business paper, City AM (http://www.cityam.com/) , is expanding to Manchester and Edinburgh from spring 2009.Last year they ditched similar plans believing that regional editions would dilute the brand. (rumours-and-conjecture/north-west-media-rumours/plans-advanced-for-a-new-weekly-business-newspaper-for-manchester-20070509349/) Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3665&Itemid=26 Sally Sykes has been named the new communications director for the Health and Safety Executive (http://www.hse.gov.uk/) (HSE).She will take up the role in a couple of months when she leaves Johnson and Johnson subsidiary DePuy International (north-west-media-news/other-media/sally-sykes-leaves-astrazeneca-for-board-position-with-depuy-200802011802/). Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3661&Itemid=26 The voting for this year's Top 100 North West Brands, in association with leading law firm Hill Dickinson together with the support of the CBI, the CIM and Bauer Radio, is about to close. Readers only have until Monday, in this the initiative's second year, as we seek to identify the region's best known and most admired brands. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3657&Itemid=26 Cumbrian Newspapers are launching a new, monthly magazine for women today to run in their Cumberland News (http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/) title. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3644&Itemid=26 To followers of the Manchester-based tabloid The Daily Sport, the announcement that the paper has named its first female editor is probably slightly less believable than ‘World War two bomber found on moon.’ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3639&Itemid=26 The Imperial War Museum North has revealed to How-Do that it has appointed six agencies to handle its design, print and creative services needs for the next three years (north-west-media-news/north-west-marketing-services/imperial-war-museum-north-looks-to-appoint-new-roster-of-design-agencies-200808283346/). Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3641&Itemid=26 By now we all know it... financial Armageddon is upon us, more banks have gone down than (insert rude statement here) and the crumbling economic pillars of the western world are set to bring the sky falling down upon all our helpless heads.Unless you’re in Chorley that is. Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3629&Itemid=26 Colourful Liberal Democrat politician Lembit Opik has recruited the Liverpool office of Bell Pottinger to help him win the contest to be his party’s next president.Opik is known in some media circles as much for his high profile ‘celebrity’ relationships as for his political track record. However, Richard Clein, the head of BP’s Liverpool arm (north-west-media-news/north-west-marketing-services/bell-pottinger’s-clein-wins-gillian-gibbons’-representation-contract-200712101512/), is all set to focus on his ability as a serious politician. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3628&Itemid=26 Yesterday’s announcement that ITV is planning to cut 430 jobs from its regional news service provoked a mixture of outrage and resignation from some quarters, with industrial action now looming on the horizon. However, the outlook for the Granada team was not quite so bleak, with How-Do learning that only 11 per cent of posts would be lost. Or, as an ITV spokesperson explained, “the lowest (staff) reduction in the country.” Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3618&Itemid=26 MEN Media has soft-launched its standalone CityLife.co.uk entertainment listings and social networking site as it looks to, in the words of editor Neil Sowerby, “provide a completely comprehensive social map for the city of Manchester.”Speaking to How-Do about the fresh online endeavour Sowerby was enthusiastic, yet admirably candid, about the portal, describing it as “a lovely thing that will get even lovelier.” Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3617&Itemid=26 The financial crisis currently creating turmoil at the heart of the international banking sector yesterday looked to have had regional ramifications, as the news of mortgage lender Bradford and Bingley’s nationalisation filtered out over the news wires.Manchester-based ad agency BJL holds the institution’s multi-million pound account, which has now been thrown into jeopardy as the brand looks likely to disappear entirely from the high street. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3615&Itemid=26 Brazen PR (http://www.brazenpr.com/) has mopped up a six figure deal with Vileda following a competitive pitch for their pr account. Vileda is market leader in cleaning and laundry products and has retained its number one brand spot in mopping since the Supermop launched in the 80s. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3604&Itemid=26 In the latest of How-Do’s expanding and popular range of seminars and workshops, we have teamed up with digital agency KMP and journalist and trainer Judi Goodwin to offer three separate workshops focusing on Blogging For Business, Unleashing Your Creative Word Power and Beyond The Brief. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:08:08 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3592&Itemid=26 Manchester Evening News publisher, GMG Regional Media (http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/Ourbusinesses/GMGRegionalMedia/tabid/130/Default.aspx) has announced the appointment of David Sharrock as chief operating officer. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3593&Itemid=26 Ofcom (www.ofcom.org.uk/) has published Phase 2 of its Public Service Broadcasting review which opens the door for ITV to reduce its regional commitments.The Future (north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/the-future-of-public-service-broadcasting-200809263594/) ITV v Unions (north-west-media-news/north-west-broadcasting/psb-itv-versus-unions-200809263595/) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3583&Itemid=26 The rapidly evolving business publishing market in Manchester last night experienced yet another seismic shift, as the Manchester Evening News lost its business editor Chris Barry to the recently launched North West edition of TheBusinessDesk. (north-west-media-news/north-west-publishing/thebusinessdesk.com-launches-north-west-edition-and-looks-to-rapid-expansion-200809093441/) Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3590&Itemid=26 The Royal Television Society North West has unveiled the nominees for the always-anticipated RTS NW Awards. This year will see the regional ‘big guns’ such as Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Shameless, Ideal, Dragons’ Den and Grange Hill fighting it out for the gongs on the evening of Saturday 15 November. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:55:12 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3589&Itemid=26 ITV should be allowed to reduce its regional commitment to news and programming says broadcasting regulator Ofcom. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:59:52 +0100 http://www.how-do.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3467&Itemid=26 A major coup for True North (http://www.thisistruenorth.co.uk/) today, as they have won the prestigious Climate Group (http://www.theclimategroup.org) account and will now be working on developing the organisation’s global identity. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100