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NEWS NYTimes readies paid iPad app but mum on paywall By Staff, 23-Apr-10, 13:00 NEW YORK - The New York Times continues to offer scant details regarding its "metered model" paywall, but has said a paid for Apple iPad app is on the way, which is due to debut in January when it is also expected the paper will launch its paid content plans. Microsoft makes $4bn despite drops in online services By Maisie Mccabe, 23-Apr-10, 11:00 LONDON - An improvement in corporate spending on computers and a new operating system helped Microsoft boost net income by 35% in the last quarter, to $4.01bn. Bullish Maurice Lévy hails 3% growth for Publicis By Arif Durrani, 22-Apr-10, 13:14 LONDON - Maurice Lévy, chairman and chief executive of Publicis Groupe, has hailed the group's first quarter 3.1% organic growth as "quite remarkable", and called its foundations "much stronger than that of our competitors". OMD hires Workman to lead Vodafone's £1bn global media By Anne Cassidy, 21-Apr-10, 16:36 LONDON - Omnicom's OMD has appointed Liz Workman, Vodafone's head of global media, to head the network's £1bn Vodafone global media account. Unilever to crowdsource content for 13 global brands By David Tiltman, 20-Apr-10, 21:00 LONDON - Unilever is calling on consumers to produce ad content for some of its biggest brands including Lynx, Ben & Jerry's, Dove and Vaseline. 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