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NEWS Tories plot COI fee reform By Our Paliamentary Correspondent, 29-Apr-10, 08:00 LONDON - Agencies would be paid by results if the Conservative Party wins the next General Election as a way to get better value for money from COI's £232 million annual budget. BSkyB reports £349m pre-tax profits after sale of ITV shares By Maisie Mccabe, 29-Apr-10, 09:38 LONDON - Pay-TV provider BSkyB has reported a 454% year-on-year rise in first quarter pre-tax profits, aided by the sale of shares in ITV, while HD growth helped boost its revenues by 8.2%. Skype hunts for agency to handle global creative brief By Noel Bussey, 29-Apr-10, 08:00 London - Skype is looking for a creative agency to handle a global advertising brief. Sainsbury's appoints Dare to digital ad business Ian Darby, 29-Apr-10, 08:00 LONDON - Dare has landed the Sainsbury's digital advertising account following a shoot-out against VCCP, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, Altogether Digital and i-Level. Holy Moly brings back Goaly Moly By Sara Kimberley, 29-Apr-10, 09:10 LONDON - Holy Moly, the independent celebrity gossip website, is bringing back its footballing equivalent Goaly Moly in time for this summer's World Cup, after clinching a sponsorship deal with JD Sports. ALSO IN THE NEWS Barclaycard seals five-year Wembley Arena sponsorship By Daniel Farey-Jones, 29-Apr-10, 08:51 Hewlett-Packard acquires Palm for $1.2bn By Sara Kimberley, 29-Apr-10, 08:45 Carlsberg logo on Liverpool's shirt to appear in Chinese By Joe Thomas, 28-Apr-10, 15:40 AOL profits tumble 58% in first quarter By Daniel Farey-Jones, 28-Apr-10, 16:25 FT.com launches new video platform By John Reynolds, 28-Apr-10, 16:00 LATEST BLOG ENTRIES Save water, drink Pepsi. By Chris Arnold / Brand Republic I recently bought a copy of National Geographic, not a magazine I read unless it's in the dentist's waiting room, but this issue is dedicated to... What to do with a bigoted woman? By Jeremy Lee / Brand Republic I love the Daily Mail . There I've said it.   I read virtually everything they publish on the Mail Online website. It is absolutely... Brief Encounters of the worst kind By Lolly And Nat / Brand Republic Is this a stunt? Is Illicitencounters.com a spoof website made by a marriage guidance website or something? Or a new campaign for the Alpha... Thought Leadership- PR's Next Frontier By Len Stein / Brand Republic Converging forces are at work to revolutionize public relations as practiced in today's social media landscape. Business now finds itself compelled... When email gets political By Red Yellow Blue / Brand Republic There can be no doubt Barack Obama rewrote the rulebook with his use of digital marketing during the last US election. Catalysed by this success... Thanks for the memories, Eyjafjallajökull By Ben Hughes / Brand Republic Some fantastical travel sagas emerged from the recent volcanic ash flight ban fiasco. Angela Merkel flew from the US to Portugal to Italy and then... Clouded Judgement - Customers and brands caught in a communicative quandary By Neville Upton / Brand Republic With the volcanic ash crisis continuing to cause chaos for airlines, travel companies have been bending over backwards to deal with the backlog of... Selling God By Mel Carson / Brand Republic Another "on the way to work" story.   It's a chilly April morning, and just outside Pret on Victoria Street is a woman preaching. ... MORE BLOGS MORE WHITEPAPERS   Marketing Manager Recruiter: Austin Benn Salary: £32000-£35000 Location: Central London Senior Account Director Recruiter: Dynamic New Alliances Salary: Up to £50K Location: Central London Planner Recruiter: Daniel Marks London Salary: £40-60k + Excellent Benefits Location: Central London Digital Media Exec Recruiter: Good Egg Salary: 18 - 22K Location: Yorkshire and Humber Senior Account Manager Recruiter: Propel Salary: £30000-£40000 Location: Central London Senior Account Executive Recruiter: Blue Skies Marketing Recruitment Salary: £20000-£23000 Location: Central London Online Marketing Manager Recruiter: Ad Lib Salary: Up to £30,000 Location: South West England Senior Brand Manager Recruiter: Stopgap Salary: £-£45000 Location: Central London Shopper Marketing Manager Recruiter: Stopgap Salary: £45000-£47000 Location: West London Technical Web Architect Recruiter: Target People Salary: Circa £65K Location: Central London   Click here to view in your web browser To guarantee delivery, add us to your address book (How?)   Brand Republic: News | Blogs | Forums | Ad of the day | Research | Events | Agency Showcase | Brand Republic Jobs: Advertising | Marketing | Media | Sales Promotion | Market Research | Digital | Public Relations | Design | Events | Direct Marketing | Manage my bulletins | Unsubscribe from this bulletin