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View in web browser View text-only version Blackberry version Mobile version Add to safe senders list Latest news Lidl kicks off £18m creative and media review by Anne Cassidy 23 August 2012, 08:00AM Lidl is on the hunt for an agency to handle its £18 million UK advertising account. FirstGroup calls £7m West Coast Mainline ad pitch by Jeremy Lee 23 August 2012, 08:00AM FirstGroup, the transport company that is set to replace Virgin Trains as the operator of the West Coast Mainline, is looking for an advertising agency to handle its estimated £7 million account. E.ON top UK marketer Jeremy Davies to depart by Alex Brownsell 23 August 2012, 09:07AM Jeremy Davies, marketing director at E.ON, is to leave the energy company to take up a position with the Commercial Bank of Qatar. Louis Vuitton launches global ad contest by Anne Cassidy 23 August 2012, 08:00AM Louis Vuitton, the fashion house, is reviewing its global advertising arrangements. Aegis beats rivals on revenue growth but pre-tax profits drop 2.4% by John Reynolds 23 August 2012, 10:00AM Aegis, the media and digital specialist which is being acquired by Dentsu, has reported a 15% boost to first half revenues but a 2.8% drop in statutory pre-tax profits to £36.1m due to increased finance-related costs. Digital gaining on newspapers faster than thought by Daniel Farey-Jones 23 August 2012, 09:35AM This year, not the next, will be the point at which digital overtakes newspapers' share of the global advertising market to become the second largest medium, according to the latest spending forecast from Carat. Sainsbury's to follow Tesco into online film market by Sarah Shearman 23 August 2012, 12:01AM Sainsbury's is moving into the video-on-demand market with a new film service to take on Tesco's Blinkbox, as well as offering pure-play services such as Amazon's LoveFilm and Netflix. Tetley claims media first with 4oD pause ads by Daniel Farey-Jones 22 August 2012, 11:25AM Tetley ads that invite viewers to "Make time. Make Tetley" will appear on Channel 4's on-demand lifestyle programming during the next three months whenever a programme is paused, in the first placement of its type. Opinion Katherine Levy: Print circulations are down, yet hope springs eternal by Katherine Levy 23 August 2012, 08:00AM The latest set of consumer magazine results from the Audit Bureau of Circulations may make for depressing reading. Richard Exon: Politicians lack the long-term view for a real Olympic legacy by Richard Exon 23 August 2012, 08:00AM Big ideas. Momentum. Effect. Intelligence Do clients need digital shop rosters? by 23 August 2012, 08:00AM Are the days of specialist agencies numbered as brands reconsider arrangements, John Tylee asks. Is there a talent shortage? by 23 August 2012, 08:00AM Are media owners lacking in top commercial people, Alasdair Reid asks. Also in the news SCA brand Tena starts agency talks by Jeremy Lee, 23 August 2012, 08:00AM Audi challenges rivals with 'uncluttered' ad claim by Alex Brownsell, 23 August 2012, 08:42AM ITV eyes up BT Premier League production contract by Maisie McCabe, 22 August 2012, 04:10PM BD Network wins Ocado campaign brief by Daniel Farey-Jones, 22 August 2012, 02:50PM Tesco ends five-year resistance to 'traffic light' food labels by Matthew Chapman, 22 August 2012, 03:45PM Latest Blog Entries Do you brighten the space you occupy? Hugh Salmon, 23 August 2012 Get over your hangover, there's another party coming to town Louise Brice, 22 August 2012 Shiny, happy people Tara Beard-Knowland, 22 August 2012 It's not you, it's...an emergency Greg Taylor, 22 August 2012 Helen Edwards: TripAdvisor and the looming decline of user-generated content Helen Edwards, 22 August 2012 What has really been going on behind the scenes at Everything Everywhere? 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