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NEWS WPP rolls £1.3bn Ford of Europe business into Blue Hive by Alex Brownsell, campaignlive.co.uk, 22-Mar-10, 12:20 LONDON - WPP has created a new agency called Blue Hive to exclusively handle its through-the-line Ford of Europe account, and appointed Ogilvy's Tony Grigg as its chief executive. Glenmorangie hands global creative to WCRS by Noel Bussey, campaignlive.co.uk, 25-Mar-10, 10:50 LONDON - WCRS has won the global ad account for Glenmorangie. The agency beat London Advertising, the shop launched last year by the former M&C Saatchi executives Alan Jarvie and Michael Moszynski, in a final shoot-out. Twitter-hacking suspect arrested in France by Staff, Brand Republic, 25-Mar-10, 11:30 LONDON - A man suspected of hacking into Twitter's system, gaining the passwords of Barack Obama and Britney Spears, and distributing confidential documents to the media, has been arrested in France. Maxus enters Middle East with BPG Media alliance by Anne Cassidy, mediaweek.co.uk, 22-Mar-10, 10:00 LONDON - WPP media network Maxus has entered the Middle East and North Africa markets for the first time, through an alliance with Middle Eastern media company BPG Media. Langham Hotels International confirms creative pitch by Jane Leung, Media Asia, 26-Mar-10, 12:26 HONG KONG - Langham Hotels International (LHI) has confirmed holding a pitch for a creative agency on a project basis in Hong Kong. ALSO IN THE NEWS Havas profits fall 12% in 2009 by Arif Durrani, campaignlive.co.uk, 23-Mar-10, 18:33 Carat upgrades UK and global adspend forecasts by Anne Cassidy, campaignlive.co.uk, 26-Mar-10, 09:40 China claims Google has 'violated' agreement by Sara Kimberley, Brand Republic, 23-Mar-10, 09:28 Nintendo prepares launch of 3D games console by Alex Brownsell, marketingmagazine.co.uk, 24-Mar-10, 09:12 PepsiCo to reduce salt, fat and sugar levels by Daniel Farey-Jones, marketingmagazine.co.uk, 22-Mar-10, 09:41 LATEST BLOG ENTRIES One cup of coffee: Murdoch pitches The Times at £2 a week By Gordon Macmillan / Brand Republic When I heard the news this morning that Rupert Murdoch has unveiled his plans to charge for The Times my reaction was two fold: 1. Finally; 2. At £2... It's the audience, stupid! By Red Yellow Blue / Brand Republic There's a definite meme that's powerful amongst the political and media class about this being the internet election. I'm asked the question a lot... 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