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WPP invests in micro-blogging platform Muzy

WPP, the owner of JWT and AKQA, has made a number of digital investments, including taking a stake in the micro-blogging platform Muzy and putting money into the YouTube network Fullscreen.

Only one in ten UK retailers has tablet-optimised site, says IAB

UK retailers have fundamental gaps in their mobile marketing strategies with fewer than one in ten (8%) having a tablet-optimised site, claims the Internet Advertising Bureau.

Tax and topiary: why marketers should care about the G8 summit

Richard Morris, chief executive at branding agency Identica, and political blogger at The New Statesman and A View from Ham Common, discusses how this week's G8 summit in Northern Ireland may impact brands.

CANNES 2013: UK scoops two Creative Effectiveness Lions

The UK has outperformed the US in this year's Creative Effectiveness Lions, despite receiving half the number of nominations, although the Grand Prix went to a Dutch shop.

Bogle becomes second BBH founder to be knighted

Nigel Bogle, the co-founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list on Saturday.

Muller Amore to sponsor Channel 4's First Dates

Müller Dairy's recently relaunched Amore yoghurts will sponsor Channel 4's new documentary series 'First Dates'.

G8 summit: brands must rethink their risk assessments

Dan Martin, strategy director at Chameleon, a digital agency specialising in the not-for-profit sector, looks at what impact this week's G8 summit may have on the long-running corporate tax avoidance scandal.

CANNES 2013: Jane McGonigal on the super powers of gamers

Far from the stereotypes of gamers being introverted and susceptible to anti-social behaviour, the latest research conducted by Omnicom's PHD demonstrates the more games you play, the more motivated you are.

Cheeky animations reveal bizarre excuses by TV fee dodgers

TV Licensing has created a series of ads to illustrate some of the most surreal excuses from fee evaders, including one bizarre claim from a dodger who insisted he had "received a lethal injection".