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LONDON – Virgin Media has appointed Alex Green as its new managing director of Portal, a role that will see Green responsible for accelerating the company’s online presence.

LONDON – The Guardian has suffered the biggest year-on-year drop in readership numbers across national daily titles between 2006 and 2007, according to NRS figures.

Airports are a huge part of a city or country’s pride, as it is often the first impression visitors have of the location. Chances are, if you’ve done quite a bit of traveling, you’ve gone through London’s Heathrow Airport. It’s one of the world’s most popular destinations, as well as being a locatio…

LONDON – The Department for Children, Schools and Families has appointed Naked to handle communications planning for a new campaign promoting science and maths qualifications to students.

Advertising Agency: McCann Worldgroup San Francisco
Creative Director: Rob Bagot, John McNeil
Art Director: Aviva Kapust
Copywriter: Juliana Cobb
Illustrator: Mr. Bingo
Producer: Rebecca Kidder
Art Buyer: Evelyn Chan
Production Company: Firstborn Multimedia

Advertising Agency: McCann Worldgroup San Francisco
Creative Director: Rob Bagot, John McNeil
Art Director: Aviva Kapust
Copywriter: Juliana Cobb
Illustrator: Mr. Bingo
Producer: Rebecca Kidder
Art Buyer: Evelyn Chan
Production Company: Firstborn Multimedia

Advertising Agency: McCann Worldgroup San Francisco
Creative Director: Rob Bagot, John McNeil
Art Director: Aviva Kapust
Copywriter: Juliana Cobb
Illustrator: Mr. Bingo
Producer: Rebecca Kidder
Art Buyer: Evelyn Chan
Production Company: Firstborn Multimedia

(TrendHunter.com) There will be a dramatic shift in online advertising according to the inventor of Meetup.com. Online users want to control their privacy and the data they put online. The change is that we want to be known as individuals – not members of a homogenized group. We choose our online friends and the busi…

Here’s a timely and trippy new love-themed Microsoft Zune video, a kind of PG-13 “Jack and the Beanstalk,” in which little chuckling furry creatures climb a giant veggie-pole to the heavens, where they cry ruby tears, shoot silver stones and red hearts out of their mouths, and rub each other suggestively. If this doesn’t want make you want to buy an MP3 player, then you have a heart of stone. Created by 72andSunny. Via Advertolog. UPDATE: In related news, here’s a perfect Valentine’s Day job opportunity: Submit your wittiest one-liner for a chance to work as a copywriter at a candy company, writing lines for “conversation hearts.”

—Posted by Tim Nudd

Yes, today is Valentine’s Day. It’s suppose to be a happy day. A day filled with love. But poor Cupid is having a tough time of it.