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MEDIA REVIEWS
Opodo hires 24/7 Real Media
Opodo has appointed WPP's 24/7 Real Media to work on digital media aimed at building traffic to its website. The online travel agent will use 24/7 RealMedia's Open AdStream service to deliver targeted ads that will drive web users to opodo.co.uk.
Goodstuff nets Ann Summers
Goodstuff has retained the Ann Summers media account after a competitive pitch. he high-street lingerie chain reduced a longlist of eight agencies down to a shortlist of four before appointing Goodstuff. Ann Summers was one of I Goodstuff's founding clients in 2004, alongside Virgin Media, which the agency also retained in April.
PEOPLE NEWS
Tata recruits Adrian Mooney
Tata Global Beverages, the owner of theTetley tea brand,has hired the former Heinz marketer Adrian Mooney as part of a restructure of its UK marketing department. Mooney, the interim head of marketing at Weetabix for the past 18 months, has been appointed to the new role of vice-president of marketing.The position replaces the marketing director role held by Ray Duffin, who has become the vice-president of strategy and planning, another new post.
DC Thomson role lor Watson
The regional newspaperpublisher DCThomson has appointed Ellis Watson, the former managing director of Trinity Mirror's national newspaper division and exchief executive of Simon Cowell's entertainment company Syco, as its new managing director. He joins the publisher with immediate effect and will oversee D CThomson's newspaper business, which includes The Press & Journal, The Evening Express, The Courier & Advertiser, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post and The Weekly News. Watson (pictured) started his newspaper career as the marketing director at News International, and held positions on the executive board of directors for the newsagent John Menzies and the transport company FirstGroup.
Simms joins Condé Nast
Condé Nast International has appointed Malcolm Simms, the co-founder of the financial information company K Cloud, to the newly created role of chief technology officer. Simms will direct the development...