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Arena Media nets global City Index account

Nick Batten — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:30:00 GMT

City Index, the financial spread betting provider, has appointed Arena Media to handle its global planning and buying account, estimated to be worth a seven-figure sum.

Hunt lobbied Cameron on News Corp's behalf

Maisie McCabe — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:35:00 GMT

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt made private representations to prime minister David Cameron on behalf of News Corporation's bid for BSkyB in the weeks before being handed responsibility for the merger, it has emerged.

Media Bitch's Diary 24 May

Media Bitch — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:27:00 GMT

This week Bitch forgets an anniversary, goes shooting with IPC Media, finds out what Mindshare's chief executive gets up to in his spare time and is crowned champion with the Media Nomads.

Regional sales house Clacksons on alert as Archant reviews business

Mark Banham — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:03:00 GMT

Regional newspaper publisher Archant has put its advertising sales contract up for grabs, leaving incumbent independent regional sales house Clacksons, Mediaforce and Amra to pitch for the business.

Media360: Printed newspapers have a healthy future says Evening Standard man

John Reynolds — Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT

The London Evening Standard and other printed newspapers have a "healthy life" ahead of them, according to Jon O'Donnell, commercial director at the London title, which this year is expected to turn in a profit after years of heavy losses.

Newspaper Marketing Agency relaunches as Newsworks amid 'need to think differently'

Arif Durrani — Mon, 21 May 2012 00:06:00 GMT

The Newspaper Marketing Agency, the organisation that has promoted the strengths of the national press sector to advertisers since 2003, has re-launched today as Newsworks, a move said to recognise that "the old language of press or paper doesn't fit any more".

The7stars appointed by Ibiza Rocks Group for first full marketing campaign

Nick Batten — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:20:00 GMT

The7stars has been appointed by live music promoter Ibiza Rocks Group to handle the planning and buying of its debut marketing campaign to drive up interest in the brand, and support the launch of a new Ibiza night featuring Mark Ronson and Example.

Media360: Zeebox is social media app to watch says MEC's Fletcher

John Reynolds — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Zeebox, the app that combines real-time viewing with social networking, is one of the key emerging media technologies and will be a "big" hit in the media market, while data will play an increasingly important role in media executives' lives.

RAJAR Q1 2012: Views from the radio advertising buyers

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

What do today's Rajar results mean for radio stations and advertisers? Four radio buyers give their view on why today's figures are good for most commercial radio groups but raise some questions about digital switchover and the Capital network.

Sony partners Blinkx to expand video content

Matthew Chapman — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:35:00 GMT

Sony has partnered with video search engine Blinkx to give users of its internet-enabled home entertainment devices easy access to high quality video content.