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WPP boss Martin Sorrell has dropped a libel action against two employees he claimed had used an anonymous blog to slur his character, instead opting to settle for £120,000.
Marco Benatti and Marco Tinelli, heads of a WPP Italian subsidiary, were alleged to have likened Sorrell to a Godfather-type mafia boss and published "grossly offensive" images of the advertising chief and an ex-lover.
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by Robert Andrews
29 March 2007 10:22am
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The BBC Trust has asked the BBC's management for more information on its proposals to carry advertising on the Corporation's websites outside the UK.
The BBC Trust has asked management to look into the matter further, and wants to know how ad revenue would be invested into the BBC's UK services for the benefit of the licence payer.
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by Graham Charlton
29 March 2007 10:20am
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UK online ad spend has overtaken that spent on national newspaper advertising for the first time, while Google has also extended its dominance of the market.
New figures from the IAB and PwC reveal that online ad spending passed the £2bn mark for the first time last year, with the market growing by a massive 41% from 2005.
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by Graham Charlton
29 March 2007 09:04am
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A survey by the Email Sender and Provider Coalition (ESPC), an anti-spam organisation, has shown that US email users are increasingly savvy when dealing with spam and unwanted emails.
The survey, carried out in conjunction with market research firm Ispos, polled 2,252 internet users who use AOL, MSN/Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo for email.
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by Graham Charlton
28 March 2007 16:31pm
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E-mail marketing campaigns sent out on a Wednesday are more successful than those sent on other days of the week, according to newly published data.
Statistics from e-marketing enabler Emailcenter UK shows most British electronic marketers (almost 25%) deliver e-mails on Thursdays.
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by Robert Andrews
28 March 2007 16:30pm
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Bebo has reportedly signed an exclusive UK deal with Orange that will place the youth-oriented social network on mobile handsets from the summer.
Orange customers will get to edit profiles, message friends and write blog posts, although exclusivity will last for a limited time before Bebo makes the service available to other networks.
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by Robert Andrews
28 March 2007 16:30pm
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Xbox Live, Microsoft’s killer online gaming platform, was down for maintenance yesterday for a lot longer than was anticipated by the Redmond giant, something which caused a predictable wave of panic among the gaming community.
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by Chris Lake
28 March 2007 12:26pm
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DoubleClick is in 'active talks' with Microsoft and other potential suitors over a sale, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The digital marketing group has reportedly appointed investment bank Morgan Stanley to review its options, including a sale or stock market listing.
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by Richard Maven
28 March 2007 09:51am
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Calculating a competitive CPA is an incredibly important part of any successful affiliate programme and yet it's one of the first hurdles merchants fall at.
With more and more companies launching affiliate programmes, there is a huge amount of choice for affiliates, and if you expect them to promote your programme over your competitors, you need to set the right CPA and continually review it.
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by Duncan Jennings
28 March 2007 09:11am
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Two bits of research have highlighted caution among businesses towards so-called Web 2.0 applications like blogs and wikis, as well as fears that confidential information could be leaked by employees on social media sites.
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by Richard Maven
27 March 2007 17:22pm
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