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17th June 2015

Richard Desmond on Omnicom, Channel 5 and Sorrell Richard Desmond, the former owner of Channel 5, has for the first time shared his thoughts on the ongoing £55 million stand-off between the broadcaster and Omnicom Media Group, claiming "I wouldn't have done that". Express owner Richard Desmond: 'I would love to give more pay rises' Richard Desmond, owner of Express Newspapers, has, for the first time, attempted to explain why many staff have not had pay rises for much of the past decade, and tells any internal dissenters, "if you feel you can do better elsewhere then please go and do it". Huffington Post UK: 'thrivers' want brands to share values in ads Advertisers need to make sure their ads explain their brand values if they are to tap into a new consumer demographic identified by the Huffington Post UK as "the thriver". Young people watch more TV over online services, says Thinkbox research TV accounts for 65 per cent of young people's total viewing, compared with the UK average of 81 per cent, according to research by Thinkbox. My Media Week: Ben Wood This week, Ben Wood, global president, iProspect, talks performance and content following the John Brown Media acquisition and preps for Cannes. Mindshare's Suzy Jordan joins Exterion Media Exterion Media has appointed Suzy Jordan, the head of client leadership at Mindshare, as its commercial strategy director to lead EM Futures, its new commercial division. Mindshare UK hires Alan Weetch Mindshare UK has hired Alan Weetch, the general manager at Ikon Communications Sydney, to lead the Three mobile network account. Lego wins trademark case that will enable it to 'monopolise' brick toy market Lego has won a trademark case that will continue to protect the shape of the toy brand's brick-men and enable it to 'monopolise' the market. [ Promoted content ] Everything's changed (sort of)... Media is unrecognisable from the business it once was - until you dig below the surface, notes MediaCom consultant Mark Edwards. Jamie Oliver boosts YouTube presence with new channel Family Food Tube and other emerging channels could tempt more brands to look to the platform, David Benady writes. Out to lunch with Boisdale Life and David Emin: Jenny Biggam Media Week's David Emin invites an industry heavyweight out to lunch at one of the Boisdales restaurants. His lunch guest this week is Jenny Biggam, the co-founder of the7stars, now the UK's largest independent media agency, which has averaged 30% growth in each of the past three years. My Media Week: Jem Lloyd-Williams This week, Jem Lloyd-Williams, executive director, product & innovation at Vizeum UK, joins the cream of media in the Brighton sunshine for Media 360. Should Channel 4 be privatised? Would it be worthwhile for the new Tory government to explore selling off the channel, David Benady asks. Twitter UK appoints PHD to handle first media brief Twitter has named Omnicom's PHD as its first retained media agency in the UK after a competitive pitch. Lucky Generals wins Twitter pitch Twitter has picked Lucky Generals as its first retained creative agency in the UK after a competitive pitch. Facebook's evolution could help encourage better ads During last week's thought-provoking Media360, there was one conversation in particular that stayed with me to the point where I felt compelled to dedicate this week's column to it. JOBS MODULE TO GO HERE Latest blogs The revolution will be journalised This is a story about an old-fashioned coup. One planned with ruthless efficiency, with scant regard for the authority of once-formidable foes and with a determination to inspire a revolution. GF Media's Grant Feller reports. I like to think of market research as human understanding It's all about people, products and platforms, says Denise Turner, insight director at Newsworks, after last week's Media360 event in Brighton. How Apple will change the radio game with the Beats 1 network Launching a radio platform for Apple will certainly revolutionise the industry, says broadcaster Edward Adoo. Google moves in: How the tech giant is bringing IoT home The Internet of Things has been around for a while, the term was coined in 1999 by Kevin Ashton from MIT. So the concept of a bunch of interconnected devices that autonomously talk to the internet is far from new. Data and content is a marriage made in heaven Content is one of the hottest areas of interest in the marketing community today, and so is data. Clare Hill, managing director of the Content Marketing Association, says together they are even more powerful. 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