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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Latest news Philips calls £300m global creative and media review by Katherine Levy 21 July 2011, 08:00AM Philips, the electronics giant, is set to review its estimated £300 million global creative and media business. Eharmony holds agency talks over £8m ad business by Matt Williams 21 July 2011, 08:00AM EHarmony, the online dating site, has called a review of its £8 million UK advertising business. Publicis Groupe first half profits rise 3.2% to $321m by Maisie McCabe 21 July 2011, 09:50AM Publicis Groupe reported organic revenue growth of 7.1% year on year to €2.7bn (£2.4bn) in the first half of 2011, although pre-tax income rose by only 3.2% due to acquisitions and increased costs including investment in personnel. Agencies line up for £4m Visit England brief by Matt Williams 21 July 2011, 08:00AM VisitEngland, the national tourist board for England, is looking for an agency to handle a £4 million advertising campaign to help boost English tourism during 2012. HTC appoints Mother to handle pan-Euro ads by Anne Cassidy 21 July 2011, 08:00AM HTC, the handset manufacturer, has appointed Mother London as the lead agency across its estimated £35 million pan-European advertising account. EBay revenues bolstered by PayPal by Sarah Shearman 21 July 2011, 09:50AM Online marketplace eBay has reported a second quarter revenue lift of 25% from the previous year to $2.8bn (£1.7bn), bolstered by the growth of PayPal. Baxters holds pitch for advertising account by Anne Cassidy 21 July 2011, 08:00AM Baxters Food Group, the soups and condiments company, is reviewing its advertising business. Marks & Spencer and Unicef raise money recycling hangers by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith 21 July 2011, 08:40AM Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Unicef have today announced a three-year partnership, including ads featuring the charity's UK ambassador Cat Deeley, to raise a minimum of £1.9m for a new project in Bangladesh. JWT and Ebiquity sign up as headline partners for BrandMAX by Staff 21 July 2011, 09:21AM JWT and Ebiquity are the headline partners for BrandMAX, a two-day conference and networking event for senior marketers at Altitude 360 in London's Millbank Tower on September 21 and 22, Brand Republic Group is delighted to announce. Adland Now open for submissions: The UK's biggest advertising, media and digital agencies, mapped. View the map and submit your agency Intelligence The Power Brokers: Martin Sorrell by Arif Durrani 21 July 2011, 09:00AM In the first of a series of in-depth interviews with the bosses of the of the 'big five' global marcoms groups, we ask 'what keeps Sir Martin Sorrell, the founder and chief executive of WPP, awake at night?' The key trends in five big areas... Brand Health Check: The Sun on Sunday by Rachel Barnes 21 July 2011, 12:01AM The News of the World has been axed, but what will emerge from the ashes. Mobile advertising shows its power by Ariel Giefman 20 July 2011, 08:30AM Advertisers can achieve significantly higher response from mobile ads compared with more traditional display, writes Ariel Giefman, principal analyst, MediaMind Research. Trend Report: How to further your career in media as a female by Suzy Bashford 19 July 2011, 04:41PM In the first of our new series of Trend Report features, Suzy Bashford looks at how females in the media industry can further their careers. Think BR Think BR: Investing in participation Participatory campaigns can deliver results, so why aren't they more popular, asks John Crowther, managing partner, Creston Unlimited. Also in the news Natmag poaches Grazia publisher Ella Dolphin for Cosmo by Daniel Farey-Jones, 20 July 2011, 05:15PM Industry expected to oppose referral of TV ad market to Competition Commission by Maisie McCabe, 20 July 2011, 04:37PM Trinity Mirror digital marketing director made redundant by Oliver Luft, 20 July 2011, 02:10PM Absolute Radio promotes Remy Kirk to ad director by Maisie McCabe, 20 July 2011, 12:47PM Subway joins O2 Media's location based texting service by Sarah Shearman, 20 July 2011, 12:10PM From the blogs Facebook +? Googlebook? 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