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Europe instructs Google to offer search dominance remedies

Sarah Shearman — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:28:00 GMT

Google has been given a "matter of weeks" by the European Commission to offer remedies to concerns about its dominance of the search market "for the benefit of competition and innovation in the sector".

Johnston Press reports £144m pre-tax loss

John Reynolds — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:35:00 GMT

Johnston Press has reported a pre-tax loss of £143.8m for last year, after the struggling regional publisher took a £163.7m impairment charge on its publishing assets.

Carat teams up with Microsoft Advertising for Xbox anti-piracy campaign

Nick Batten — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:56:00 GMT

The Industry Trust for IP awareness has launched its first ever Xbox advertising as part of its 'Moments Worth Paying For' campaign.

Industry view: Behind the IAB's digital adspend figures

Sarah Shearman — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:15:00 GMT

After the IAB revealed figures this week showing digital adspend had leapt by 14% to £4.8bn last year, we asked four digital experts where the boost is coming from and how they envisage the market developing this year.

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.

My Media Week: Marco Bertozzi

Hayley Pinkerfield — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:15:00 GMT

This week Marco Bertozzi, managing director EMEA for the VivaKi Nerve Center, visits Spain, plays squash with Greg Grimmer, and teeters on the wrong side of The Thin Blue Line.

Starcom managing director Matt James takes Microsoft Australia post

Mark Banham — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:44:00 GMT

Starcom managing director Matt James is to join the ex-pat community in the post of managing director of Mi9 a joint venture between Microsoft and Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment.

Microsoft confirms launch of BBC iPlayer on Xbox

John Reynolds — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:23:00 GMT

Microsoft has confirmed that the BBC iPlayer will launch on the Xbox, after an agreement between the two parties was reached not to charge for the BBC content.

VW and Microsoft Office 365 sign up for Absolute Radio's InStream advertising

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:01:00 GMT

Volkswagen, the car marque, and Microsoft's cloud-based software Office 365 are the first advertisers to use Absolute Radio's targeted InStream advertising.

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.