Finance
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Go-go Carat wins Mastercard media from IPG’s UM
Dentsu/Aegis (or should that be Aegis/Dentsu?) media agency Carat has won Mastercard’s $250m global media business, beating off a selection…
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Is BT winning the UK pay-TV sports battle?
One-time British monopoly phone provider BT (British Telecom as was) took a huge gamble a couple of years ago by…
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Facebook’s tenth birthday is worth celebrating – but will things look quite so rosy in another ten years’ time?
As we approach February 2014 we can look forward to a big birthday party at Facebook as they celebrate their…
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Guardian gets £600m lifeline from sale of Auto Trader
The Guardian newspaper is a pillar of the British liberal establishment and a worldwide force after its role in exposing…
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BHF boss dumps Grey London – that’s what new clients do, even though everybody else loves the ads
I don’t know why agencies bother working for charities – yes I do, they might win some plaudits and awards.…
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Phone hacking spotlight falls on Trinity Mirror papers
A rather large cat jumped out of the bag in the phone hacking trial at the Old Bailey in London…
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The UK’s most-unloved retailer WH Smith: rip off the customers so long as it keeps the shareholders happy
Exactly one year ago I wrote a piece about how WH Smith rips off travellers with their monopoly in airports,…
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Telefonica media, Sorrell at Davos, CP+B heads south and Arnie makes a comeback at the Super Bowl
I see that Telefonica is reviewing its gigantic media account, worth £200m we read. Telefonica, a Spanish-owned mobile company, has…
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Web content platform NewsCred to expand in Europe with £15m investment from Interwest Partners
Content marketing platform NewsCred is investing £15m in its new European division, following the recent opening of its London office.…
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