Jo Thomas, assistant head of performance marketing, LBi
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A new report has called for urgent action to ‘develop children’s resilience to pornography’ amidst growing concern that readily available violent and sadistic imagery is distorting the younger generations views of relationships and sex.
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International - 24/05/2013
Titanic and Aliens director James Cameron, chef Heston Bloomenthal, fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and the co-author of Freakonomics Steven Levitt will be keynote speakers at global digital agency SapientNitro's IEX event in London next week. ... Read more
A film posted on YouTube by Melbourne’s AJF Partnership to promote Holden’s Volt electric car has garnered an astonishing 375,000 views since it debuted two months ago.
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Youth media brand Vice and Twitter have struck a deal which will see them co-create a raft of video series, tailored specifically to run exclusively on the social media network.
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International - 23/05/2013
Publicis agencies DigitasLBi and Razorfish have expanded the roles of Stephan Beringer to chief growth and strategy officer, and Anthony Lye to the role of global president of digital products and platforms.
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Today's round-up brings roles for designers, studio managers, account managers, digital experts and client services directors.
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TM Lewin has revealed that the average lifetime spend of its social media customers outstrips that of customers driven to its site via paid search.
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Ben Wood has been promoted to president of iProspect Global while global CMO Misty Locke has become president of iProspect Americas, following global CEO Rob Murray’s departure.
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International - 23/05/2013
The Radisson hotel chain has struck a deal with marketing and design agency Pixel8 to adopt its Brandit brand management software system in 150 of its hotels across North and South America.
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International - 23/05/2013
Shazam has released a redesigned version of its iPad app, including a new discovery home screen, improved layout for Shazam tag results for both TV and music, and a new way to browse what friends have been watching and listening to.
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The latest campaign for Barossa Wine, featuring a gritty video set to Nick Cave’s Red Right Hand has debuted to considerable social media buzz, with many observers praising the tone and attitude of the campaign.
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Privacy concerns and irritation with social media marketing has led Facebook use in the UK to drop by nine per cent year-on-year, according to a YouGov SixthSense report.
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Hotel booking website Hotels.com has named Stuart Silberg as chief technology officer.
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VivaKi is restructuring its addressable media business with the launch of an Amsterdam-based Activation hub as it continues its international expansion drive.
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International - 23/05/2013
BSkyB has announced sign-off on a £49m deal spanning five years with Virgin Media Business that will usher in a tenfold increase in network speeds to up to 10Gbps.
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So called ‘cat beards’ the act of a pet owner positioning their prized fur balls over their chin in imitation of a full bushy beard, have taken social networking sites by storm after going viral.
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International - 23/05/2013
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