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					<title><![CDATA[Sister companies merge to create The Lateral Group]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/852618/Sister-companies-merge-create-Lateral-Group/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Sister companies Howitt, Dialogue Solutions and Data Lateral have merged to become the Lateral Group.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[DLG "not up for sale" despite Icelandic parent's woes]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/852507/DLG-not-sale-despite-Icelandic-parents-woes/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - DLG, one of the UK's four leading consumer data vendors, has denied that it is has been put up for sale by the administrators of its parent, Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KS&F), the UK arm of Iceland's biggest bank.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[King promoted to CEO role at OgilvyOne]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/852309/King-promoted-CEO-role-OgilvyOne/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[OgilvyOne London has promoted its MD Annette King to the role of chief executive, replacing Mike Dodds who left last month to become CEO of Proximity London.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[REaD Group takes sole ownership of meta-morphix]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/852205/REaD-Group-takes-sole-ownership-meta-morphix/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[The REaD Group has become sole owner of meta-morphix, the London-based data bureau, after buying out co-owner Tri-Direct's 50 per cent stake in the company.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Pratchett supports Alzheimer's Society in run up to DM campaign]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/851470/Pratchett-supports-Alzheimers-Society-run-DM-campaign/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Terry Pratchett OBE, the best-selling author, is launching an awareness campaign with the  Alzheimer's Society in the run up to its Christmas direct marketing campaign.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Glasson takes over as Gyro CEO after departure of Brine]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/851270/Glasson-takes-Gyro-CEO-departure-Brine/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Gary Brine, chief executive of Gyro International, has left the agency he founded 17 years ago, and is being replaced by Richard Glasson.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[DLG partners with Goallover to lobby for tighter guidelines in online lead generation]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/851155/DLG-partners-Goallover-lobby-tighter-guidelines-online-lead-generation/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Consumer data provider DLG has partnered with Goallover, an online sales house and lead generation management company, to lobby for a 'best practice' taskforce in the online lead generation sector.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Digital Academy: Digital digits]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/851391/Digital-Academy-Digital-digits/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[24% ... is the amount by which the UK market for email marketing platforms and services will grow, according to estimates by E-consultancy. The publisher of best practice internet marketing reports says the market was worth £221 million in 2007, and will reach a value of £275 million by the end of this year.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Doubts over future of cold email]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/851369/Doubts-future-cold-email/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - As IPT seeks a buyer, industry experts fear the lessons of the past have been ignored by marketers.]]></description>
					
					
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					<title><![CDATA[Digital Marketing Group aquires Cybercom and Gasbox]]></title>
					<link>http://www.brandrepublic.com/MarketingDirect/News/850954/Digital-Marketing-Group-aquires-Cybercom-Gasbox/</link>
					<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Digital direct marketing agency Digital Marketing Group (DMG) has acquired Cybercom Group UK and Gasbox.]]></description>
					
					
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