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LONDON – Omnicom-owned Targetbase Claydon Heeley has hired a data analyst from Tesco data house Dunnhumby and digital project director from agency Syzygy.

LONDON – Samsung has hired CHI & Partners to create the first global brand-building campaign for its range of televisions.

LONDON – TBWA is to drop the Media Arts name in London, just four months after adopting it, following the sacking of its group chief executive, Tim Lindsay.

In the run-up to the Campaign Media Awards 2009, Campaign is holding a text vote to decide on the best media agency leader and best media sales chief of the year.

LONDON – The FX Channel has donated free sponsorship of plastic surgery drama Nip Tuck to a cancer charity.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Swedish furniture retailer Ikea, nearing completion of a media agency review, is now examining its creative roster of U.S. agencies in what it calls a move towards "integration of general market and Hispanic creative."

MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) — ABC has to hope that its "V" means both victory and peace: It's already accomplished the former, as the new sci-fi series was a winner on Tuesday night with the highest ad-centric adult 18-49 demographic debut of any new show this fall.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Maybe membership clubs aren't the paid content model of the moment after all. Rick Warren's membership club — which charged $29.99 a year for a quarterly magazine, four spiritual DVDs, four workbooks and access to a social networking site with its partner Reader's Digest Association — is dropping the fees, abandoning the magazine and going online-only.

I like the Huffington Post. I like Epicurious.com. I navigate the web in both Spanish and English depending upon what I'm seeking or what experience I'm looking to have. It's contextual. So I suppose the Spanish-language Comida Kraft ad that popped up on my Huffington Post page was a result of my online behavior. Even when you know you're being cyber-stalked, it's always a little startling when the stalker finds you.

(TrendHunter.com) For the company Farnheit212, Drew Beam created a series of chronologically incorrect illustrations which innocently and humorously hold your attention. Featuring his version ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ and…