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NEWS 'There definitely is a God' ad most complained about in 2009 By Ben Bold, 26-May-10, 09:45 A poster pronouncing 'There definitely is a God' was the most complained about ad in 2009, according to the Advertising Standards Authority and Committee of Advertising Practices' annual report. Louis Vuitton 'hand-made' campaign falls foul of ASA By Alex Brownsell, 26-May-10, 00:01 LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a series of print ads for luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton, ruling they mislead consumers into thinking its products are hand-made. Cadbury appoints Jobling as interim marketing boss By John Reynolds, 26-May-10, 09:25 LONDON - Cadbury has appointed internal candidate Margaret Jobling, head of marketing for its Dairy Milk brand, as its interim marketing director, replacing Phil Rumbol. Coca-Cola to launch remix of I'm Alive track used in 5 Alive ad By Joe Thomas, 26-May-10, 08:50 LONDON - Coca-Cola is launching a remix of the Don Fardon track 'I'm Alive' on iTunes next week (6 June), which has been used on the advertising campaign for the relaunch of its 5 Alive brand. 'If paywall doesn't work I'm in the shit', admits News Int's commercial chief By Arif Durrani, 25-May-10, 16:07 LONDON - News International's commercial leader, Paul Hayes, joked his neck could be on the line if the publisher's eagerly anticipated plans to erect paywalls around online content fail next month. 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