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RBS to sponsor new Reuters F1 site
by Andrew McCormick, Media Week 04-Jul-08, 15:50
LONDON - Thomson Reuters has secured The Royal Bank of Scotland Group as sponsor of a new website dedicated to Formula 1.
Deadline looms for 30 under 30 entries
by Harriet Dennys, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 15:45
LONDON - The closing date of 8 July is looming for Media Week's 30 under 30 competition, with just a few days remaining in which to submit entries.
Collins becomes new-media chief at Trader Media
by Ann-Marie Corvin, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 15:30
LONDON - Auto Trader publisher Trader Media Group has appointed former Sky online director, Dominic Collins, to head its new-media activities.
ITV Local in 'as live' campaign push
by Fiona Ramsay, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 15:05
LONDON - ITV has launched a new regional TV ad campaign to drive traffic to its ITV Local service.
Haymarket launches athletics title
by Ann-Marie Corvin, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 14:35
LONDON - Haymarket Network is to launch a tri-annual magazine and website, Spikes, for the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
MacConnol takes over as APA chief
by Emma Barnett, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 11:00
LONDON - Martin MacConnol, chief executive of Wardour Publishing & Design, has taken over as chairman of the Association of Publishing Agencies from Sean King, director at Seven Squared.
Shareholder Icahn may gain seats on Yahoo board
by Ann-Marie Corvin, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 10:50
LONDON - Yahoo is considering offering rebel shareholder Carl Icahn two seats on its board - its latest attempt to persuade him to end his quest to remove Yahoo's board and replace it with executives open to a sale of the company to Microsoft.
CNN launches South Africa promotion
by Tristan O'Carroll, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 10:40
LONDON - CNN International has joined with South African Tourism to produce its first user-generated content ad campaign.
Google ordered to hand over YouTube data
by Andrew McCormick, Media Week, 04-Jul-08, 10:00
LONDON - Google-owned video-sharing site YouTube has been ordered to provide Viacom with details of its entire user base, so that the MTV Networks owner can use it as evidence to support its argument in the legal battle between the two firms.
Former Kangaroo boss to head new web TV company
by Emma Barnett, Media Week, 03-Jul-08, 15:50
LONDON - Lesley Mackenzie, former boss at Kangaroo, has been appointed chief executive of web TV business, Nettv247.com.
Yahoo and Microsoft sound out potential partners
by Tristan O'Carroll, Media Week, 03-Jul-08, 15:05
LONDON - Yahoo and Microsoft are engaged in separate negotiations with potential media partners following the breakdown of Microsoft's takeover bid, according to reports.
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