Author: Daniel Cross

The UK Government are looking to boot grass roots music movements by taking away the need for bars to have licenses to put on music. Of course, issues such as price of booze, wages, a poor night life in most towns are all factors in...

Carol Bartz was kicked/jumped from Yahoo after struggling to continue making money from the digital market. This comes at a time when the digital realm is becoming swamped with start ups and  portals, such as Yahoo. allthingsd.com...

Kmart have launched a brand new US ad campaign orientated around the idea that ‘Money Can’t Buy Style’, 1) as a way to seem a bit underground (we guess), and, 2) to make their cheap clothes not seem as… cheap. We’re just guessing, anyway. creativity-online.com...

Kmart have launched a brand new US ad campaign orientated around the idea that ‘Money Can’t Buy Style’, 1) as a way to seem a bit underground (we guess), and, 2) to make their cheap clothes not seem as… cheap. We’re just guessing, anyway. creativity-online.com...

Marks & Spencers have got Jordan Scott, daughter of Hollywood mega director Ridley Scott, on board to direct their adverts for their upcoming autumn/winter womenswear range. brandrepublic.com...

‘Community links’ (those that send the audience through to social networking sites) are the most adopted form of interaction with retailers from mass e-mail mail outs. The previously popular tactic of ‘Forward To A Friend’, meanwhile, is slowly decreasing.  emarketer.com...

Actionaid and the Lemonrock gig guide (which allows its users to browse gigs up and down the country) have teamed up to form ‘Live Music Aid’. Aimed at intimate, locally created shows, venues and bands can sign up to turn their pub or local club...

Amazon are to branch out from its initial locker trial in Seattle by bringing it over to 7 London shopping centres. The lockers will act like short term PO boxes for people who order products from the site, but who’d prefer to pick them up...

Downtime is a new Facebook app which bands can add to their page to advertise their support of a charity and through which fans can donate. Think the online equivalent of those people that approach you in the street asking for your credit card details… hypebot.com...