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Lasting Tribute Nominated for DPA Award top honour
21st July 2008
Lasting Tribute has been shortlisted for the top honour in the 2008 Data Publishers Association awards.
The UK’s biggest online memorial website has been named as a finalist in the Product Development of the Year category – but judges also shortlisted it for the DPA’s biggest prize, The Outstanding Achievement of the Year award.
The Sky’s the limit for BeMyInterviewer.co.uk
16th July 2008
BSkyB’s Talent Resourcing manager John-Paul Cardew, has joined www.bemyinterviewer.co.uk - Jobsite’s interactive video-based website which enables jobseekers to practise for interviews.
He joins leading bosses including Duncan Bannatyne, Ruth Badger and Jacqueline Gold in asking candidates key interview questions on topics including money, experience, personality and selling yourself.
Big Green Switch wins Campaign for Change award at New Statesman New Media awards
3rd July 2008
Big Green Switch was last night named the winner of the Campaign for Change category in the New Statesman New Media Awards. The website, which aims to empower people to make choices that help them live a greener life, was launched in May 2007 by Associated Northcliffe Digital’s Derby-based new product development division.
Digital Property Group commits to multi-brand strategy for Primelocation.com and FindaProperty.com
2nd July 2008
The Digital Property Group, a division of AN Digital, has reaffirmed its commitment to a multi-brand strategy for its property portals - Primelocation.com, FindaProperty.com, HomesandProperty.co.uk and FindaNewHome.com. Contrary to industry speculation that the websites would be merged into a single property portal, The Digital Property Group will concentrate on building the individual brands to focus on their differing audience groups.
ABCe: Mail Online topples Telegraph to take top spot
23rd June 2008
Mail Online has leapfrogged both Telegraph.co.uk and Guardian.co.uk to become the UK’s most popular newspaper website.
Taking the top spot, the companion website for the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday recorded 18.7 million unique user visits during May, a rise of 3.7% on the previous month. Both its main online rivals suffered falls in traffic figures, boosting Mail Online from third to first place.
Northcliffe Media reinforces commitment to digital with roll out of next generation 'this is' websites
17th June 2008
Northcliffe Media continued the roll out of its portfolio of next generation websites with the launch of 10 sites today. The latest sites form part of the company’s plans to roll out 90 next generation websites under the ‘this is’ brand across its regional network...
Loopylove.com uncovers the formula for the perfect wink
16th June 2008
A social behavioural study, commissioned by the UK’s first online dating community, Loopylove.com, shows that 73% of people respond positively when they are winked at, but only one third are brave enough to try. Researchers have therefore developed the formula for the perfect wink, to ensure people have the confidence to wink and get it right each time...
Motors.co.uk launches first 'real life' panel of car reviewers
1st May 2008
Motors.co.uk has launched ‘The Real Review’ - the UK’s first panel of video car reviewers made up from members of the public. Following a nationwide search, six winners have been selected from over 500 entrants who reflect the different needs and wants of car buyers...
Jobsite becomes the official recruitment brand across all Northcliffe newspapers and local websites
1st May 2008
Jobsite has become the official brand across all Northcliffe Media recruitment platforms. From May 1st, all Northcliffe newspapers and 56 ‘this is’ websites (eg. www.thisisbristol.co.uk ) will change to feature the Jobsite brand across all newspaper recruitment supplements, in paper promotion and web pages...
Northcliffe promotes rebranded Motors.co.uk
1st May 2008
The rebranding across the motoring sections started to roll out last week across over 100 regional newspaper titles and 56 websites within the Daily Mail & General Trust-owned group...
Mail Online launches beta site
24th April 2008
Mail Online – the web edition of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday - has unveiled a beta version as it looks to bolster its already impressive growth. Editorial director Martin Clarke says that the site, which has been running internally for three weeks, currently contains some 90% of Mail Online’s content, and that the two sites will be run in conjunction until they are ready for the changeover...
Advertisers set to benefit from Northcliffe Media’s growing ‘local digital’ audience
24th April 2008
Northcliffe Media has today unveiled new audience measurement figures from its largest ever research study into online and offline media usage across its network of local newspapers and websites...