METROPOLITAN DIARY
Date: 18 April 2005
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Date: 18 April 2005
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Ann Fudge, chairwoman and chief executive of Young & Rubicam Brands and its struggling advertising agency, Young & Rubicam, plans to cede title at agency as soon as successor is found; other executive changes at agency noted (M)
Date: 18 April 2005
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
Kirsten GRIESHABER
Date: 18 April 2005
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
Somini SENGUPTA
Gen Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan holds two-hour meeting with Prime Min Manmohan Singh of India during Musharraf's three-day visit to India that was ostensibly centered on monthlong India-Pakistan cricket series; meeting of leaders comes amid signs of warming relations between two countries (M)
Date: 18 April 2005
By Michael Wilson (NYT); Compiled by John Harney
Michael NYT
Date: 18 April 2005
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
Advertising research is suddenly back in vogue as clients increasingly hold agencies accountable for effective ads; research industry is intensifying its efforts and looking at issues like trying to determine return on investment for advertising spending, improving measurement of audiences, helping agencies identify most efficient media outlets and increasing role research plays in reaching consumers; these topics are being discussed at American Research Foundation conference, New York City (M)
Date: 18 April 2005
By Stuart Elliott
Stuart Elliott
ZenithOptimedia Group raises its estimates for worldwide ad spending growth to 5.4 percent for 2005, 6.5 percent for 2006 and 6.1 percent for 2007 (S)
Date: 18 April 2005
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Celia DUGGER
World Bank, International Monetary Fund and British Prime Min Tony Blair have called for increased financial support to developng nations, particularly those in Africa, but impact is uncertain because United States has not joined this chorus; American aid to Africa has almost tripled in Bush years, but last year US gave almost as much development aid to Iraq, population 25 million, as it did to all of Africa, population 700 million; graph (M)
Date: 18 April 2005
By FRANK LITSKY
Frank LITSKY