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Another Twitter libel warning as actor Riz Ahmed and journalist Hardeep Singh...
Twitter users have received another libel warning following a 'substantial' damages agreement between actor Riz Ahmed and freelance journalist Hardeep Singh after Ahmed accused Singh of being a bigot...
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'Thinking teenager's Facebook' International Gateway for Gifted Youth website...
The International Gateway for Gifted Youth (IGGY) website, dubbed ‘the thinking teenager’s Facebook’ has reportedly signed up over 2,500 teenagers. According to the Independent, the social networking...
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Ad of the day: Aldi - 'Nappies'
There aren't many campaigns that routinely make us laugh out loud but this is one of them. The discontent is writ large across the face of a father of four as his wife reveals that she likes both the...
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BBC denies racism in Doctor Who
The BBC has denied claims that it is ‘thunderously racist’ in the casting of Doctor Who and the portrayal of alien races. A new series of essays titled 'Doctor Who and Race' suggested that the BBC...
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The future of search: Marcus Tandler on how to ensure campaigns aren't on the...
Tandler.Doerje. CEO and partner, Marcus Tandler gave the audience at the ionSearch 2013 conference a whistlestop tour through 477 slides to illustrate where the future of search lies and how marketers...
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Vimto to launch multi-million marketing drive
Vimto is set to return to TV screens as it launches a multi-million pound marketing campaign this summer with the aim of promoting the brand towards teens. The campaign will see the ‘lowrider’ TV ad,...
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The Drum daily jobs round-up: Bolton College, University of the West of...
Today's jobs round-up brings roles for copywriters, marketing coordinators, marketing managers and digital account managers. Bolton College has a position available for a marketing copywriter and...
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Staffordshire County Council searches for media buyer for Destination...
Staffordshire County Council has unveiled a tender for provision of media buying for Destination Staffordshire. The two-year nine-month contract, which has an option to extend, is valued at between...
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Charting Samsung's meteoric rise
From kicking off its Olympic sponsorship with David Beckham to launching its best selling Galaxy S III, the past year was highly eventful for Samsung and culminated in it being crowned brand of the...
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Join us as we produce an issue of The Drum magazine - live
Here at The Drum, we are steeling ourselves to publish an edition of our magazine like no other. For the first time in our history, on 3 July we will take the unprecedented step of attempting to...
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Jack Straw warns against TV hate preachers ban
Former home secretary Jack Straw has weighed into a debate on whether or not religious extremists should be allowed to preach hatred on TV by warning that any overt ban would only empower them....
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Max Clifford to appear in court over indecent assault allegations
PR guru Max Clifford is due to appear in court later this morning after being charged with 11 alleged indecent assaults committed between 1966 and 1985. He will take his place in the dock later this...
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‘Disastrous’ South Africa lion-bone advert contested
A controversial South African advert urging President Jacob Zuma to take action to curb the trade in lion bones is the subject of a court action brought by a campaign group after it was abruptly...
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One in 10 buy something online every day, as 36% do majority of shopping online
Over a third (36 per cent) of UK shoppers do the majority of their shopping online, with the average monthly online spend soaring from £56 to £113 in the past decade. The research, carried out by...
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Study warns one in five High Street shops could be shuttered by 2018
The Centre for Retail Research has published a study into UK High Streets which predicts that by 2018 as many as one in five stores could have closed down. The gloomy prognosis for the next five years...
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Nominations for Chip Shop Awards People’s Choice award revealed
The Chip Shop Awards has announced the nominations for its People’s Choice award, following a week of voting by the public. The awards, which celebrates creativity with no limits and allow entrants to...
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Yahoo! reportedly makes Hulu offer
Reports have emerged suggesting that Yahoo! is to continue its acquisitions spree with the purchase of Hulu, just days after picking up Tumblr for over a billion dollars. Several bidders are thought...
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Tesco signs host of ITV dramas for its Clubcard TV
Tesco has signed an agreement with ITV to screen a clutch of classic dramas; including Hells Kitchen, Cold Feet and Prime Suspect, on its Clubcard TV platform. The ad-supported service for 16m Tesco...
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Chupa Chups to launch new range of lollipops with campaign by Maynard Malone
Chupa Chups is set to launch its new range of lollipops, Kolormania, through a multi-channel ‘sweet or sharp’ consumer campaign with creative digital agency Maynard Malone. The agency has been briefed...
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew unveils Grow Wild mass-participation project...
Grow Wild, a new four-year campaign inviting people to come together and sow UK native wild flowers, has engaged SomeOne to create the branding for the Big Lottery-funded project. Working together...
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