Interview by Stephen Lepitak
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Havas Media has partnered with ad management and distribution platform DG as part of a drive to “bridge the gap” between online and TV campaign management.
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International - 29/04/2013
Facebook has lost two million monthly users in the last six months, research from Socialbakers has found, while in the US the service has lost 8.6 million users.
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The Advertising Standards Authority has been accused of failing to protect children from been targeted by food companies in a report released by The Children’s Food Campaign.
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Facebook Studio has announced the winners of its second creative awards, including work for Oreos, Nike and Proctor and Gamble.
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International - 29/04/2013
Confectionary brand Fisherman’s Friend is to invest in social media activity as part of its on-going marketing strategy following the appointment of Yomego.
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Adelaide has launched its Digital Strategy, offering free wi-fi in the city and smart parking technologies in a programme called “Connect Adelaide”.
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International - 28/04/2013
Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, was revealed as the highest-paid executive at Facebook for the second year running after taking home $26.2m (£16.9m) in 2012.
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Johnson & Johnson has unveiled a new app called ‘Donate a Photo’, which has been described as “a mobile app that turns photo sharing into a way to conveniently contribute to important causes.”
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Online music service AOL Music, and its associated properties, has been shut down with immediate effect according to AOL employees on Twitter.
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It was 2005. Mark Zuckerberg had started what eventually became Facebook while attending Harvard, and a year later took up 60 million share options at 6 cents each.
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United States - 27/04/2013
Publicis Mojo Australia has appointed Justin Gurney as planning director of its Sydney office.
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International - 26/04/2013
Heineken-owned cider brand Bulmers has announced the launch of a multi-media campaign, which looks to promote the new ‘begin with a Bulmers’ Facebook app and two new flavours.
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The Mail Online has launched a live stats page on its website keeping readers informed of website traffic, popular stories and articles driving debate.
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Two men who published photographs believed to be up-to-date images of the killers of toddler James Bulger on social media admitted being in contempt of court at a High Court hearing on Friday.
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A banned link to a blog post about a cancer sufferer's protest against UK privatisation of the NHS was "mistakenly" marked suspicious, Facebook said in response to allegations of censorship.
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Budweiser has unveiled a “Buddy Cup”: a beer glass that connects to Facebook via a built-in chip.
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International - 26/04/2013
This issue of The Drum explores the relationship between alcohol and creativity as we take a look at the results of our Newt/Judge Experiment. Features this issue also include an interview with social magazine app Flipboard founder Josh Quittner... Read more
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