EXCLUSIVE  A special in which four specialists cover some hot topics in media and advertising. Nick Mawditt tells us how business cable channel CNBC Europe is successfully adjusting to the new media landscape with the aim of becoming “media neutral”. Philip Preston and Paul Flatters see a bright future for local newspapers despite dangerous declines in national newspaper circulation. And Sarah Pearson reveals an ethnographic study that pours cold water on the notion that PVR (personal video recorder) users skip advertising - say what?

 STARRING 

• Nick Mawditt, Director of Research, CNBC Europe
• Philip Preston, Director of Marketing, Archant Norfolk
• Paul Flatters, Chief Executive, Future Foundation
• Sarah Pearson, ACB

Recorded live at the Euro MR Event 2006

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 GUEST  Kirsty Fuller, co-Founder and Chairman of the world’s largest qualitative consultancy, Flamingo International

 TOPICS  The new paradigm in branding (Jay-Z and Budweiser, co-creation, authenticity); The benefits of using intuition in research vs. being strictly evidence-based; EXCLUSIVE: Japan office coming soon

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Andy Dexter, Apple, Budweiser, Chris Arning, Def Jam, Digg, Edny Tappy, Fiona Blades, Illuminas, Innocent, iPod, James Parsons, Jay-Z, Kate Moss, Levi, Maggie Collier, MySpace, Nike, Reebok, Simon Lidington, Top Shop, Truth Consulting, Walkman, YouTube

Music Brother Love and Martha Redbone from the PMN

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“We’ve had two years of change [in MR], my guess is we’ve got another 25 to come…” (Ray Poynter)
 

 EXCLUSIVE  Brand Strategy magazine’s Ruth Mortimer talks about some hot issues in branding such as co-creation and branded content. Ray Poynter talks tech trends. And FDS’s new co-owner and MD, Charlotte Cornish, on the extraordinary story behind her acquisition of FDS

 STARRING 

• Ruth Mortimer, Editor, Brand Strategy Magazine
• Ray Poynter, Director, Virtual Surveys, and Head, The Future Place
• Charlotte Cornish, MD, FDS and Director, Munro Global

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS 2006

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 GUEST  Online research pioneer Pete Comley, Chairman of Virtual Surveys

 TOPICS  YouGov quadruples profits; BrandIndex tracker & word of mouth; Web 2.0. VS: Staying independent; Accidental genesis of VS and early challenges; Research 2.0; Blogging; Future challenges

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Al Gore, BSkyB, Current TV, Ed Keller, Eric Berne, ESOMAR, The Future Place, Google, Greenfield Online, Harris Interactive, Henley Centre, Keller Fay, MySpace, Quentin Ashby, Ray Poynter, RI, Stephen Phillips, Trish Comley, YouGov, YouTube

Music Brother Love and Matthew Ebel from the PMN

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In this thought-provoking chat, Dan O’Donoghue tells Olaf Willoughby why the end of advertising agencies is nigh, why planners should return to their roots as consumer champions, and why researchers shouldn’t expect guidance from ad. agencies during this time of media flux

 STARRING 

• Dan O’Donoghue, Worldwide Strategic Planning Director, Publicis, and author, “Born in 1842 - A History of Advertising”
• Olaf Willoughby, The Willoughby Partnership (Host)

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 GUEST  Semiotician Dr. Rachel Lawes, founder of Lawes Consulting

 TOPICS  Launch of branded communities within MySpace; Researching social communities; Internet key to promoting movies; Advertising blending into content; Semiotics explained; Lawes Consulting breaking into new sectors

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Halifax Bank, HBOS, Lynx, MTV, MySpace, Snakes on a Plane, Spring Research, Stephen Phillips

Music Brother Love and Slackstring from the PMN

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 EXCLUSIVE  BT’s Futurologist, Ian Pearson, on the increasing impact of technological change, being a thorn in BT’s side, the growth of podcasting and social media, increasing concerns over privacy, and trends that affect the research industry

 STARRING 

• Ian Pearson, BT

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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 GUEST  Researcher, prolific author, entrepreneur, blogger and podcaster Paul Hague, co-founder and Director, B2B International

 TOPICS  Rationale for copious writing; TNS and other non pure-plays struggle in online research; pharmaceutical and medical research; report from the Marketing Week MR Forum by Tim Williams, ICG; challenges with startup #2; business benefits achieved from blogging and podcasting; new B2B Intl office in China

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  AQR, B&MR, Chrissie Hague, Ciao, Dunlop Rubber, dunnhumby, Fiona Jack, Greenfield Online, Harris Interactive, Julia Cupman, Martin Hayward, MRS, Nick Hague, Tesco Clubcard, TNS, YouGov

Music Brother Love and Little Thom from the PMN

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 GUEST  Ian Wright, MD, OTX Europe

 TOPICS  From $0 to $3m turnover in 9 months; the consumer appetite for video downloads and implications for the movie industry; the first free legal music download service; MR industry letting down graduate trainees; virtual reality research; validating the link between emotive advertising and strong brands

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  AOL, BMRB, (Sony) Bravia, David Brandt, Disney, Honda, IPSOS, MRS Conference, Robert Heath, RSL, Shelley Zalis, Universal Music

Music 2006 Pl@stic Soul and Geoff Smith from the PMN

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