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Unagency and One Black Bear owners launch new conversation agency
The owners of Birmingham-based agencies the Unagency and One Black Bear have launched the first conversation agency in the Midlands alongside former colleague and former BYPY 2012 communications...
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Tangerine PR appoints M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment’s Mary Harding as...
Tangerine PR has announced the appointment of Mary Harding to the new role of consumer MD. In the role, Harding will look to drive forward Tangerine’s consumer offer; while co-founder Sarah Halton,...
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The Guardian promotes Dan Sabbagh to national news editor
The Guardian has today revealed the promotion of Dan Sabbagh from head of media and technology to national news editor. He is set to replace Dan Robert, who is moving to become the Guardian's...
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Deals round-up: As predicted, data and mobile acquisitions kick off the new year
Last week, my colleague Tony Walford talked about how mobile, data and other niche services would be what acquirers would be looking for this year. And so, it seems, we have proof already that this...
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The Drum Jobs: Creative England, USP Creative, Fig Creative and Shipley College
Creative England is seeking a head of communications and strategy, one of the jobs being highlighted in the week’s jobs section of The Drum. This week we also have vacancies at Fig Creative, USP...
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Weve readies location-based display advertising services for marketers
Weve, the mobile marketing and wallet joint venture between EE, O2 and Vodafone, is poised to launch location-based display advertising services, meaning marketers can run targeted mobile display...
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Q&A on Facebook Retail Centre launch - How SMBs can get the best out of the...
Alongside its unveiling of Graph Search, Facebook this week also launched its Retail Centre for small businesses. The platform has been developed to target the small businesses that use Facebook for...
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Brittany Ferries launches new campaign with Bray Leino
Brittany Ferries is set to launch a new TV ad today: the first ad for the brand created by Bray Leino following the agency winning a four-way pitch in August 2012. Jon Elsom, Bray Leino’s executive...
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Ad of the Day: John Lewis - Old Fitness Equipment
A middle-aged man examines all the old sports equipment in his garage as a gentle version of the Grandstand theme music plays. Everything is ruined and its disrepair is a poignant reminder of the...
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Ray Wilkins announced as director of football at betting company Coral
Betting company Coral has announced the appointment of former England, Chelsea and Man Utd midfielder Ray Wilkins as director of football. Wilkins said: “I’m delighted to be joining Coral as their...
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Digital out of home: From paste to pixels?
Digital out of home is growing - fast. But is it about to overtake billboards and posters altogether? The Drum speaks to agencies and buyers operating in the digital space to find out what makes DOOH...
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Sky1 to pilot interactive second screen quiz show hosted by Sara Cox
Sky 1 and Warner/Shed owned Twenty-Twenty Television are working together on the pilot for an interactive quiz show using Monterosa’s LViS Studio platform to power the second screen play-along...
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Ex-Yahoo! head of planning and strategy named as UK MD of BlisMedia
Mobile advertising company BlisMedia has announced the appointment of Paul Thompson as UK managing director. The former-Yahoo! head of planning and strategy brings his experience with both agencies...
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Honda unveils ‘decision, decisions’ campaign with Wieden & Kennedy London
Honda has launched its latest ad campaign with Wieden & Kennedy London, which aims to promote the different sides of the car through an internal dialogue. Entitled ‘decision, decisions’, the ad...
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Tesco apologises for ‘hit the hay tweet’, then reveals it has edited out a...
Tesco has continued to be plagued by PR disasters following the revelation that its burgers were found to have horse DNA in them, most recently by an unchecked tweet and advert showing humorous scenes...
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Ofcom overturns decision on ATVOD’s policing of BBC Worldwide’s YouTube channels
Ofcom has ruled in favour of BBC Worldwide in a case regarding whether video-on-demand regulator ATVOD had the jurisdiction to rule on BBC Worldwide’s YouTube channels. Ofcom had previously ruled...
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John Witherow named acting editor of the Times amid News Corp row
John Witherow has been announced as the acting editor of the Times, with Mike Darcey, News International’s chief executive, confirming in a statement issued late on Friday night that Witherow’s...
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Morrisons teams up with Lakeland to expand its online presence
Morrisons has partnered with Lakeland to launch a new online venture which will see the kitchenware retailer sell its products through Morrisons’ website. Morrisons is the only one of the “big four”...
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3D Printing will “transform our lives”: Nokia releases templates for people...
Nokia has unveiled 3D templates and specifications for people to print their own case for a Lumia 820 smartphone. The 3D templates, case specs, recommended materials and best practicess, combined as...
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Government criticised for revealing details of £1.2 million Olympic tickets...
According to figures from the Telegraph, the government spent £1.17 million from the taxpayers’ pocket on Olympic and Paralympic tickets for ministers, actors and business leaders. However, it is not...
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