Digital AM - Microsoft/Skype, branded domain names, Ben & Jerry's plus The Wall > Paying for Twitter followers?

View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Latest news Microsoft to make shock purchase of Skype by Ed Owen 10 May 2011, 09:15AM Microsoft will announce today it has agreed to buy Skype for between $7bn and $8.5bn (£4.3bn-£5.2bn), four times the value analysts had placed on the company, according to reports. Companies prepare to bid for branded domain names by Sarah Shearman 10 May 2011, 08:30AM Marketers are gearing up to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in buying their own brand as online domain names, amid fears that the new URLs will provoke confusion among consumers. Ben & Jerry's rolls out 'dessert island' Facebook campaign by Sarah Shearman 10 May 2011, 10:35AM Ben & Jerry's, the Unilever-owned ice-cream brand, has launched a Facebook app that allows consumers in Europe to choose which of eight flavours available in the US they want to go on sale over here. Adland Now open for submissions: The UK's biggest advertising, media and digital agencies, mapped.  View the map and submit your agency   Scoville aiming to do for Tuesdays what #ff did for Fridays Maeve OSullivan 10/05/2011 Should brands pay for followers on Twitter? Adam Field 10/05/2011 LinkedIn IPO values company at more than $3bn as investors sramble for a slice Polly Becker 09/05/2011 A lot more people read news via Facebook than Twitter Jennifer Whitehead 09/05/2011 Borkowski claims Twitter makes life harder for PRs, not easier @gordonmacmillan 09/05/2011 Facebook advertising is massively undervalued Grant Muckle 09/05/2011 Is there room for another Tumblr? Webdoc offers lots of choices @gordonmacmillan 09/05/2011 Twitter makes mockery of celeb super injunctions as hundreds tweet details @gordonmacmillan 08/05/2011 When some important internet stuff was founded [infographic] Polly Becker 06/05/2011 Google Chrome promoted in two new (really nice) ads Jennifer Whitehead 06/05/2011 Latest jobs Ecommerce Manager Recruiter Ad Lib Salary Up to £45k Location Poole area, Dorset Account Manager - Top Digital Agency - Salary up to £35k Recruiter Digital Gurus Salary £30000 - £32000 per annum Location London Digital Account Manager Recruiter Dynamic New Alliances Salary Up to £32K Location Central London Digital Senior Account Manager Recruiter Purple Consultancy Salary £35000 - £42000 per annum Location London Group Account Director - Digital / Creative Agency Recruiter The Blueprint Salary £80000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + package Location City of London Head of CRM and Online | Fashion Retail Recruiter found Salary Up to £65K + Car + Bens Location London Manage my bulletins Unsubscribe from bulletin © Haymarket 1957 - 2010 All rights reserved News Jobs Blogs & Forums Tenders