Media AM - Take Me Out, OMD UK, Facebook, Global Radio, Amanda Mackenzie

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03rd January 2014

Just Eat to sponsor Take Me Out Just Eat, the takeaway ordering website and app, has signed a deal to sponsor the new series of 'Take Me Out', the ITV Saturday night dating show presented by Paddy McGuinness.     People swap devices 21 times an hour, says OMD People change the device they are using an average of 21 times an hour when they are at home, according to findings from OMD UK's Future of Britain research project.     Facebook in legal row over alleged sharing of private message data Facebook is facing legal action in the US over claims it divulges the content of users' private messages to brands without their consent.     Global Radio revenues rise 5% but profit hit by interest Global Radio increased its commercial revenues by five per cent year on year in the 12 months to 30 March 2013, but increased interest and charges caused its pre-tax losses to stretch by six per cent.     Aviva CMO Amanda Mackenzie recognised in New Year's Honours List Amanda Mackenzie, the chief marketing and communication officer at Aviva and former president of the Marketing Society, has been awarded an OBE for services to marketing.     BlackBerry parts ways with global creative officer Alicia Keys after one year BlackBerry is parting company with global creative officer Alicia Keys after just one year, after signing up the singer to the role to coincide with the launch of its BlackBerry 10 operating system.     Asda challenges 'expensive' Aldi and Lidl with £50m value campaign Asda has sounded the bell for another bout of value-based January marketing among UK supermarkets, vowing to invest £50m in price promotions that will make discounters such as Aldi look "expensive".     Auckland reforms former management team in Metro shake-up Steve Auckland, the former managing director of Metro newspaper who was reappointed to the same role in November, has rehired its former management team amid an ongoing restructure of the business.     Future promotes Nial Ferguson to MD Future, the special interest media group behind T3 and Total Film, has promoted its technology, film and games leader Nial Ferguson, to managing director of Future UK.   Latest blogs   Reflections on Web Summit: How 'Davos for geeks' reignited my passion for tech The dust has settled after Web Summit in Dublin earlier this quarter, but I can say that the start-up ethos I witnessed during the two-day conference has genuinely stayed with me.     Ed Vaizey seems 'clueless' So today was 'D day' in the radio industry, with "the announcement of the digital switchover", but Government minister Ed Vaizey appears "clueless", says radio DJ Edward Adoo.     Digital radio from an advertiser's view This coming Monday, Ed Vaizey, minister of culture, communications and the creative industries, will be speaking at the Go Digital Conference in London.     Beware the 13th: The media industry's unlucky number Blast - it's Friday the 13th. Don't step on the cracks in the pavement - tick. Don't walk under any ladders - tick. Don't pass the path of a black cat - tick. Check all your professional equipment is safe, secure and away from liquids - perhaps one for the to-do list.     Will online ads ruin Christmas as well as UX? There is an interesting debate going on between the advertising industry and those that look into it from the outside about what's best for the consumer.

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