An online article accusing Mike Jeffries, CEO of controversial US clothing brand Abercrombie & Fitch, of excluding larger sized customers and catering only to “thin and beautiful” people, has created a global publicity crisis for the company.
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News International has revealed that it is going to launch a digital commercial products unit to help drive new advertising innovation for clients and agencies.
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Coca-Cola announced today that it will start showing calorie information on all packages - and won’t advertise to children under 12 anywhere.
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International - 08/05/2013
Reckitt Benckiser has announced that Richard Davies is to take the position of director of global media.
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Copyright rules must be adapted to ensure the publishing sector can continue to thrive in an intellectual property (IP)-based landscape, according to minister for culture, communications and creative industries Ed Vaizey.
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The BBC has announced that Roger Mosey, previously the BBC’s director of Olympic coverage, has been appointed to the newly created ‘troubleshooter’ role of editorial director.
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Publishers must emulate the approach taken by retailers to cultivate successful transaction strategies, according to Immediate Media’s CEO Tom Bureau.
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Tom Mockridge, the former News International chief executive who left at the end of December, has been announced as chief executive of Virgin Media.
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Digital studio calls9 has released the first edition of self-funded newsstand app Champagne World.
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Communications infrastructure and media services company Arqiva has announced the acquisition of location based Wi-Fi media specialist Selective Media.
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The impartiality of a former Army officer now serving as the Queen’s private secretary, whose responsibilities include doling out advice on the royal charter on press regulation, has been called onto doubt after details with his own run-ins... Read more
Online sports network Pitchero has struck an exclusive deal with Perform to monetise its multiplatform UK audiences via a range of formats including audience sponsorship and branded content opportunities.
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The practice of carrying out so called ‘secret arrests’, highlighted by the recent case of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck who has held last month over an alleged sexual offence, has come under fire as a ‘short step toward people simply disappearing’.
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Planet Rock has announced that British comedian and broadcaster Al Murray is to join the Bauer Media owned digital radio station bolstering its presenter line-up and joining the likes of Alice Cooper and Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott.
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Anyone who has Windows 8 will get a preview of Windows Blue next month, according to Julie Larson-Green, the head of Windows engineering, speaking during the Wired Business Conference today. And anyone missing the 'start" button on Windows 8 might... Read more
International - 07/05/2013
Sydney based digital agency Ad2One has secured the Australian end of the advertising sales business for global online games group Miniclip.
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Mark Zuckerberg may have bitten off more than he expected when he launched his political action committee Forward.US last month. Progressive groups like The Sierra Club, MoveOn.org and other are pulling ads from Facebook in protest at what... Read more
North America - 07/05/2013
Today's jobs round-up offers roles for an agency principal, graphic designer, digital and print designer, PHP developer and marketing assistant.
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