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LOS ANGELES – Australian marketing company uSocial.net, which sells packages of Twitter “followers”, said that Michael Jackson’s family wanted to buy 25,000 followers for the pop star’s Twitter account before he died.

LONDON – Copywriter turned author Matt Beaumont has revived a selection of characters from his decade-old satirical advertising novel ‘e’ for a web 2.0 follow-up entitled ‘e Squared’.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Online job search engine Monster is switching its global media-planning and -buying account to Omnicom Group's OMD from WPP's Mediaedge:cia without a review.

LONDON – FoodBuzz, a blog network and social media platform for foodies, has raised $750,000 (£450,000) in a proposed funding round of $1.25m (£750,000), according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

LONDON – Publicis Groupe, the global marketing and communications group and home to Starcom MediaVest and ZenithOptimedia, is in the process of buying digital agency Razorfish from Microsoft, in a deal worth $530m (£318m).

LONDON – The Pensions Regulator, which oversees work-based pension schemes in the UK, is looking for an agency to handle its direct marketing account.

LONDON – Regional publisher Archant suffered a 61.6% slide in pre-tax profit in the first half of this year, although digital revenue increased 18.9%.

LONDON – Bauer Media has promoted Chantelle Horton, deputy editor of its young women’s lifestyle magazine, More, to editor.

Une vidéo montrant les différentes étapes d’un shooting de l’iPhone, pour la couverture du magazine Macworld. Un travail reparti autour de trois phases : photographie, photoshop et design. Le tout est filmé avec un Canon 5D Mark II, sur une bande son de The Brokenmusicbox.

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• Sedex Express Campaign
• Porsche Speed

LONDON – Metaio, an augmented reality specialist, is developing an app that allows brands to place ‘virtual ads’ in real places like landmarks or tourist attractions for consumers to view via their mobile phone.