Polish publisher Agora, which has Poland’s number-two newspaper Gazeta.pl, has bought classifieds ads platform Trader.com for 120 million zlotys (£28.4 million) from Turkey’s Hurriyet. Agora said it’s aiming to become…

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Consoling each other at acquisition travails and an overly-dominant Google (NSDQ: GOOG) respectively, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and WPP are trumpeting a partnership that will see the ad firm place its…

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— AOL (NYSE: TWX) Europe’s Chad Wollen is quitting the internet company for ITV (LSE: ITV), where he becomes director of marketing strategy, where he will develop the marketing…

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Despite increasing its bid to £996 million ($1.938 billion) from £948 million ($1.844 billion), WPP Group has been rejected a second time by audience measurement firm Taylor Nelson Sofres, The…

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The Internet Advertising Sales House, a part of the Interactive Advertising Bureau UK that oversees online sales firms, has named digital vet and former IASH head James Aitken as chairman,…

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Aegis Group has bought German online marketing consultancy rmsarcar.com, its second international digital acquisition in two weeks. Financial terms of the UK media buying firm’s purchase of rmsarcar were not…

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Less than a month after David Verklin announced plans to leave his post as CEO of Aegis Media Americas, now comes word that Mainardo de Nardis is out as Aegis…

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The apparent end of acquisition talks between Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is “a shame” for the advertising industry, according to Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of the WPP…

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Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…

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French advertising holding company Havas has increased its 40 percent stake in London ad shop Archibald Ingall Stretton as the two prepare a combined International network offering digital and creative…

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Although WPP Group’s £1 billion ($1.9 billion) offer to acquire audience researcher Taylor Nelson Sofres was rejected over the the weekend, the UK ad holding firm is still pressing the…

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Audience measurement firm Taylor Nelson Sofres has rejected WPP Group’s £1 billion ($1.9 billion) offer as “opportunistic” and undervaluing the company, telegraph.co.uk reported. TNS has been trying to merge with…

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Private equity firm ECI has paid £45.5 million to acquire a 60 percent stake in interactive media shop i-level and its parent company ILG (SEO: 066570) Digital, the Guardian reported.…

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— Online Catch Up For Channel 4: Channel 4 has rolled out a free seven-day catch-up service on channel4.com, reports NMA.co.uk. The click-and-play streaming service is in addition to…

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Times Online has set up an advertising office in New York and will work with News Corp’s recently acquired Wall Street Journal website to help “monetise” its US readership, reports…

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WPP may join the growing number of UK businesses planning to relocate to Ireland to lower their tax bill. Accountancy Age reports that the advertising giant’s chief Sir Martin Sorrell…

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— Five Relaunches VOD Service: Five is relaunching its video-on-demand service Five Download as Demand Five in late May, and plans a “significant” on-air marketing campaign to promote it,…

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Will other brands join Tesco on “the moral high ground?” Or, will the supermarket chain find itself standing alone following its decision not to bid for trademarked keywords on Google?…

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Bebo financed KateModern through product placement ads with the likes of Proctor & Gamble and Orange. Now it’s struck a similar deal for its new Sofia’s Diary series with clothes…

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Brands hoping to promote their products online through word of mouth marketing will have to be upfront that they are behind the campaign, under new UK consumer-rights restrictions that go…

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Ad-funded free MVNO Blyk reports that it has 100,000 clients in Britain after being operational for six months—that’s half a year ahead of schedule. Blyk said the ad campaigns “had…

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MediaEquals, a London-based online ad trading platform, is wrapping up the first test of its system, which was launched in beta back in January. IHT profiles the company, highlighting its…

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Adding yet another overseas string to its bow, advertising group WPP’s WPP Digital division is buying a minority stake in Chinese rich media ad delivery outfit HDT Holdings Technologies. HDT…

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Is this PR or HR? Controversial behavioural targeting net Phorm has hired a chief privacy officer. DoubleClick privacy and government affairs VP Jeffrey Brooks will be tasked with ensuring the…

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London-based interactive agency Channel7Media has bought New York City-based video production company IndelibleTV, to help build out online video capabilities for its clients. IndelibleTV’s client list includes AOL (NYSE: TWX),…

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