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LONDON – Google is working on the imminent launch of a music service which will feature content from major labels, according to reports.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Double-digit declines continue at Omnicom Group, which today reported a third-quarter drop in net income of about 22% to $166 million, compared with earnings of $214 million a year ago. For the first nine months, profit slid to about $564 million from $730 million over the same period in 2008.

LONDON – Omnicom, the global advertising group that runs agency networks including BBDO and DDB, has seen its profits fall by 22.5 per cent during the three months ending 30 September.

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Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France
Chief Creative Officer: Olivier Altmann
Creative Directors: Olivier Desmettre, Fabrice Delacourt
Art Buyers: Jean-Luc Chirio, Flore Silberfield
Photographer: Herve Plumet
Art Director’s Assistant: Nicolas Delille
Account Managers: Edouard Pacreau, Stephane Gaillard, Eric Hazout, Sylvie Tavares

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LONDON – Burger King has staged a 50 minute web show to prove that its brand ambassador Nascar driver Tony Stewart loves Whoppers.

LONDON – Google is reportedly working on a new Android mobile phone that will be branded with its own name and be offered, at least in the US, to consumers directly and not via mobile operators.

LONDON – Publicis Groupe’s ZenithOptimedia is set to part ways with Mirror Group Newspapers, ending a 15-year relationship, after deciding not to defend the £6.5m media planning and buying business that came up for review earlier this month.

People who do some of their best thinking on the toilet now have the perfect context for their blogging. Procter & Gamble Co. is looking to hire five "Charmin Ambassadors" to staff its Times Square bathrooms this holiday season and blog about the experience. Salary: $10,000

LONDON (AdAge.com) — When the Berlin Wall came down, East Germans flocked to buy the famous brand names they had been denied for so long. Consumer preferences changed overnight, but 20 years later many of its former citizens once again crave the comfort of the goods they grew up with, and as a result, there's a renewed interest in Communist-era products from sneakers to coffee to face cream.