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Hacked Off chief stonewalls requests to name secret donors
Brian Cathcart, head of the vocal press reform group Hacked Off, has refused to name the financial backers who are underpinning the lobby groups operations – despite repeated requests to do so....
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Kim Jong Un looks to buyout Sunderland AFC in latest Paddy Power campaign
Paddy Power has unveiled its latest campaign, showing Sunderland AFC manager Paolo DiCanio making a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the club. Entitled ‘Chairman Kim’, the video sees the...
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Viral Video Chart: Ship My Pants beats Dove's Real Beauty Sketches and new...
He said what now?! This week's Viral Video Chart will almost certainly make you do a double take. Well it will if you're as childish as us anyway. Ship My Pants, the cheeky new spot from Kmart, goes...
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Panmure Gordon media analyst Alex DeGroote predicts 2013 growth for "solid"...
Interview by Stephen Lepitak Advertising growth rates in the UK are stable and the outlook for 2013 is all about mobile, according to Panmure Gordon media analyst, Alex DeGroote. DeGroote's says that...
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Brand awareness, site traffic and sustained in-market presence top campaign...
Brand awareness (46 per cent), site traffic (29 per cent) and sustained in-market presence (11 per cent) were the most common campaign goals for consumer goods brands on the Millennial Media platform...
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Latest Ofcom digital TV figures show rise across the board in uptake of services
The latest digital television figures from Ofcom reported in increase across the board in uptake of digital TV, with the number of households receiving the service now up to 98 per cent. The data -...
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SWIP unveils new website with Realise
SWIP has unveiled an updated digital presence with Realise with the aim of creating an improved user experience. The asset management company appointed Realise to build the site using Ektron 8.6 as...
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Alienation Digital appoints head of digital strategy, creative director and...
Alienation Digital has today announced three appointments following an internal restructure: Vivienne MacLaren as head of digital strategy, Scott Gilmour as creative director and Jennifer Rogerson as...
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28 million hours a day are spent on Twitter in UK
Brits clock up 28 million hours on Twitter a day, while 24 million hours are spent on Facebook, research from first direct has found. The research, carried out by OnePoll, found that 13 per cent of...
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UK coverage of Margaret Thatcher funeral struggled to pass 5m viewers while...
BBC coverage of the funeral of Margaret Thatcher attracted an average 3.2 million viewers during a three-hour live broadcast and received 182 complaints over biased coverage. The audience number...
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evian set to give social media fans an advanced look at new BETC ad
Fans of evian on social media will be given the chance to see its new ad, Baby & Me, before it is aired on TV, the water brand has announced. Social media fans can see the ad, created by BETC,...
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Executive editor of the Sun Fergus Shanahan charged with allegedly...
Executive editor of the Sun Fergus Shanahan has been charged with conspiring to commit misconduct in public office as part of the Operation Elveden investigation into payments from journalists to...
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Almost ¾ would leave an online store if they can’t easily find what they want
Over 70 per cent (72.5 per cent) have left online marketplaces because they weren’t easily able to find what they were looking for, research from Redwood software has found, while two thirds...
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Sweatband.com appoints 10 Yetis for PR
Sport and fitness equipment retailer Sweatband.com has announced the appointment of 10 Yetis to handle its PR, as it looks to expand awareness of the brand. The six month PR campaign will also involve...
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Saracens rugby club utilises real-time user-generated content at games after...
Rugby club Saracens became the first in the UK to activate Wi-Fi for its fans at the weekend. Real-time social user-generated content was shown on two dedicated big screens at the game, allowing fans...
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The Sun names Rolf Harris as historic sex abuse suspect as Jimmy Savile...
The Sun has become the first national newspaper to name Australian entertainer Rolf Harris as being held by police under suspicion of historic child sex offences. In a ‘world exclusive’ the tabloid...
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Lord Rothermere considers charging for ‘premium’ MailOnline content
Lord Rothermere, publisher of the Daily Mail, has spoken publicly of the possibility of introducing charges for access to ‘premium’ MailOnline content, but has categorically ruled out introducing a...
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The Fresh Group takes Grand Prix in the over 30 staff category at Recommended...
The annual Recommended Agency Register Awards (RAR) have handed The Fresh Group the Grand Prix in the over 30 staff category, while the Grand Prix for an agency with up to 30 staff was handed to Blue...
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Alan Hansen named as leader of internal Daily Telegraph revolt to oust Kelvin...
Kelvin MacKenzie’s abrupt departure from the Daily Telegraph, after penning just one column, has been pinned on an internal revolt by the paper's sports desk, led by Alan Hansen, according to the...
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Labour to table Lords libel law amendment
The Labour party has announced it is to launch a fresh bid to amend libel laws in the House of Lords next week in an effort to prevent big business from using legislation to muffle critics. To do so...
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