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LONDON – Belfasttelegraph.co.uk has been relaunched, featuring a new travel section in conjunction with national sister title, independent.co.uk.

LONDON – Asda and Tesco have started a new price war, this time over milk, as they battle to win shoppers facing the combined effects of rising food, energy and fuel prices.

Adgrunts may remember the spotlight on 86thenions (part two) and you’ve seen their work for upshot and the upshot music tour, not to forget the NEC campaign and the Project Hello work.

Well, it’s been quiet around 86theonions for a while – because they’ve been busy metamorphing into something else.

The former ad agency has reinvented itself as “a social brand innovations collective, merging ecology and pop culture with products, art, branded content.” Hello Ecopop “Ideas too good to waste”! More inside folks –

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Branded utility is becoming a buzzword, but when the examples are this flawless, I can’t help but be impressed.

According to Ad Age, Clear Channel Outdoor, which runs several self-service public bicycle rental programs in Europe, has brought the concept to Washington, DC.

The initial rollout features a total of 120 bikes at 10 rental sites near downtown Metro stations. Rack locations depend on a number of factors including access to the Metro, employment and residential density, popular destinations, customer survey feedback and proximity to other racks.

Members can rent the bikes for up to three hours and return them to any of the 10 rental sites.

The ardor to reach consumers outside the home — and outside the realm of traditional media like television — continues to grow among marketers.

A member of Dell’s digital media team has been outspoken both on AgencySpy and Tribble Ad Agency over the recent allegations that VP of Marketing Casey Jones has been placed on probation.

“I Don’t know where you got this notion, but there isn’t an ounce of truth in your conjecture. We understand that you’re in the gossip business, but you should have a modicum of responsibility when blindly speculating on an individual’s career. This is simply wrong.”

The commenter, Richard Binhammer (aka RichardatDell) left this comment both on AgencySpy and Tribble (although it seems to have disappeared from AS &#151 which we had nothing to do with).

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Yahoo said that it would add the former chief executives of Viacom and Nextel Partners to its board as part of the company’s deal to avoid a proxy fight with the investor Carl C. Icahn.

Mr. Hills was a staunch advocate of contemporary American literature who, as Esquire’s curmudgeonly fiction editor, published work by scores of the country’s finest writers.

(TrendHunter.com) The Digital Video Recorder (DVR) CamBall, is a must for anybody wishing to remain inconspicuous while taking video. 

As pictured here, this $200 spy cam device, is the size of a ping-pong ball, and…

When Katie Couric concludes her one-hour prime time broadcasts during the national political conventions, she will continue hosting coverage on the Internet, CBS said.