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Neil Jones to take commercial VP role at AOL Advertising Group

Arif Durrani — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:10:00 GMT

Neil Jones, the former Carat managing director, is poised to take a full-time role as vice president of commercial at AOL Advertising Group, following a consultancy stint.

Facebook's Shields and Spotify's Ek among 'social media millionaires'

Sarah Shearman — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:23:00 GMT

Joanna Shields, vice-president and managing director of Facebook EMEA, and Daniel Ek, founder and chief executive of Spotify, are among the so-called 'social media millionaires' to feature in yesterday's The Sunday Times Rich List 2012.

Former Mindshare exec launches Getlunched network

Arif Durrani — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Matt Bandy, a former digital strategist at Mindshare, has launched a social-business networking site called Getlunched, aimed squarely at the media and marketing communities.

Online ad spend to surpass £100 per user in 2012

Daniel Farey-Jones — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:41:00 GMT

The amount of money spent on internet advertising per UK adult user is set to rise above £100 this year, according to the latest forecast from GroupM.

Spotify takes the plaudits in the latest IPA Online Media Owner survey

Mark Banham — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:50:00 GMT

As Spotify is crowned the top online supplier in the IPA Online Media Survey, Media Week looks at those who fared well and those who should consider upping their game in this hotly contested sector.

Lebedev dismisses Sunday Sun as 'flat and not particularly exciting'

Arif Durrani — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:42:00 GMT

Rupert Murdoch's launch of The Sun on Sundays has been criticised by The Independent's owner Evgeny Lebedev for being "quite flat and not particularly interesting".

Telegraph wins IAB's first Future Format award

Sarah Shearman — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:07:00 GMT

Telegraph Media Group, working with Google's DoubleClick, has beaten AOL and Microsoft to win the Internet Advertising Bureau's inaugural Future Format award, for a new display ad product.

Google bolsters finance site with real time LSE data

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:10:00 GMT

Google has signed a deal with the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which will allow ordinary investors real-time access to company share prices.

Shazam appoints vice-president of European ad sales

Matthew Chapman — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:45:00 GMT

Digital music company Shazam has appointed Last.fm's Miles Lewis as vice-president of ad sales for the UK and Europe, in a move to expand ad opportunities within its app and encourage brands to make TV ads Shazam-enabled.

AOL ad revenues climb 10% but profits plunge

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:10:00 GMT

AOL has notched up a 10% year-on-year rise in ad revenues for the fourth quarter of 2011 to $363.8m (£229.5m), although net income dropped dramatically.