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NEWS Absolute winds the clock back for 90s station By Maisie Mccabe, 14-May-10, 08:00 LONDON - Absolute Radio is to launch a new digital station, Absolute 90s, on London DAB in June and transmit Absolute 80s, currently on London DAB, on national DAB from today (14 May). Creative lands dream job through $6 Google campaign By Anne Cassidy, 14-May-10, 09:25 LONDON - New York creative Alec Brownstein has turned the guilty pleasure of Googling one's own name into a masterclass in online marketing. Costa Coffee develops new city format By John Reynolds, 14-May-10, 08:00 LONDON - Costa Coffee is to make a concerted push to increase its presence in metropolitan areas with the launch of a series of 'metro' style specialist stores. Aviva pushes retirement products with ad campaign By Alex Brownsell, 14-May-10, 09:00 LONDON - Aviva is to push its retirement products in the latest phase of its ongoing ad campaign fronted by TV comic Paul Whitehouse. Trading Places (14 May): This week's people moves in advertising, marketing and media By Staff, 14-May-10, 09:09 LONDON - Future's Robert Price departs stage left for Fox, while Simon Fox (pictured) enters stage right at GMG, as Brand Republic rounds up the moves in advertising, digital, marketing and media. ALSO IN THE NEWS This Water unveils first TV ad By Joe Thomas, 14-May-10, 09:10 GMG appoints HMV's Fox as non-exec By Mark Banham, 13-May-10, 17:05 UK creative team triumphs in European ad awards Ian Darby, 14-May-10, 08:50 O2 partners with Gorillaz for tour promotion By Sara Kimberley, 13-May-10, 15:45 Deadline for Channel 4's Plannertarium extended to 21 May By Staff, 13-May-10, 16:01 LATEST BLOG ENTRIES Is Asda leading the way in honesty? By Chris Arnold / Brand Republic Like most consumers, supermarket price wars leave you confused as to who really is the cheapest but Asda have trumped the others with the launch... And now for some good news... By Bob Willott / Brand Republic Share prices of marcoms companies that comprise Fintellect?s MSFI Index have begun to recover at a faster rate than the FTSE All-Share Index. ... Mind the Bandwagon By Richard Mabbott / Brand Republic A little over two weeks ago I stepped on to one of Stellios?s flying Orange machines and left these fine shores for a two week break in Crete... Sits vac: creative director, Smythsons By Jeremy Lee / Brand Republic How nice to see that the new government is leading by example and collectively taking a 5% pay cut. Such demonstrative gestures are meaningful,... Miliband readies online campaign for leadership race By Gordon Macmillan / Brand Republic Labour Party leadership frontrunner David Miliband MP is preparing to launch an ambitious online campaign capitalising on social media and blogger... Private equity investor secured cost of i-level shares on the group?s assets By Bob Willott / Brand Republic ECI Partners, the private equity investor that bought 60% of the shares in the late lamented i-level group in April 2008 secured the cost of those... Diaspora aims to capitalise on Facebook privacy rebellion By Justin Hunt / Brand Republic The approach that Facebook is taking to user privacy has prompted calls from some high profile users to leave the platform and create more open and... MORE BLOGS MORE WHITEPAPERS   Business Director Recruiter: Dynamic New Alliances Salary: £75K - £90K + bonus + benefits Location: Central London Senior Planner Recruiter: Daniel Marks London Salary: £70K-75K + Excellent Benefits Location: Central London Head of Digital Marketing Recruiter: GIM Recruitment Salary: Circa £50k-75k Neg Location: Central London Account Director Recruiter: Direct Recruitment Salary: £45000 - £45000 + bens Location: Central London Senior Project Manager Recruiter: Zebra People Salary: £40,000-£45,000 Location: Central London Senior Marketing Manager Recruiter: Aquent Salary: Competitive Rates + Bens Location: West London Project Manager Recruiter: Major Players Salary: £25000-£35000 Location: Central London eCommerce Marketing Manager Recruiter: Orchard Salary: £28-35K Location: North West England SEO Manager (Search Engine Optimisation) Recruiter: Orchard Salary: £28k-£35k Location: North West England Category Manager Recruiter: Tarsh Lazare Salary: Up to £44,000 plus car   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