Legendary listings magazine Time Out, a staple of entertainment publishing in London since 1968, will drop its cover charge and relaunch as a free magazine. Editor Tim Arthur claims that profitability, however, is not the reason… Click here for full story...
Olympic poster-girl Jessica Ennis is predicted to score more than just heptathlon gold: the estimated worth of existing and predicted sponsorship deals could net her a cool £3m… Click here for full story...
Legendary guitar manufacturer Gibson has been fined $300k after it was accused of creating its axes from illegal wood imported from the protected axis of India and Madagascar. Click here for full story...
Olympics sponsors Adidas have been targeted by protest group War on Want, who projected an anti-sweatshop message onto a tower block next to the Olympic Village following Usain Bolt’s blistering 100m victory on Sunday. Click here for full story ...
Despite the fact that it’s basically just a glorified version of ‘heads or tails’, the Simon Cowell-created gameshow Red Or Black, hosted by Ant and Dec, is back for another series. However, the show has come under attack from MPs and the Twitterati for selling...
Condom manufacturer Trojan launch an eye-catching street campaign tomorrow, when two hot dog stands take to the streets of New York – only rather than dispensing greasy meat sticks to the public, they’ll be giving away 10’000 free vibrators worth over $350k… Click here for full...
Twitter have announced the new “cashtag”, which uses a dollar sign to create hashtag-style links to the latest stock market information. Financial website StockTwits, who developed a similar function years ago, were not impressed, with CEO Howard Linzon quoted as saying, “in a dirty way,...
BandPage, the platform many musicians use to promote their material on Facebook, is looking to allow users to publish across multiple sites from one account with their new BandPage Everywhere. Click here for full story...
A House of Lords committee is investigating the possibility of moving all television broadcasting online, in a move that will doubtless annoy all the refuseniks forced into going digital only this year. Click here for full story...
The new owners of Digg have released images of what the site will look like on their blog. Click here to see the redesign...