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Stella launches Cannes sponsorship with social media campaign

LONDON - Stella Artois 4% is to sponsor the Cannes Film Festival and use a series of 60-second web films, showing off a character called the King of Cannes and a global competition, to promote its affiliation.

Bebo digital director Dan'l Hewitt joins VBS.tv

LONDON - Vice Media, the youth-orientated media conglomerate, has appointed Dan'l Hewitt the director of digital at Bebo, as its new director of digital strategy.

The Sun raises cover price in the North

LONDON - Rupert Murdoch's flagship tabloid, The Sun, has upped its cover price in the Yorkshire and Tyne Tees regions by 5p, to 25p in an effort to boost its bottom line.

Unilever's Richard Brooke in epic bike ride for NABS

LONDON - Members of the advertising and communications industry, including Unilever's Richard Brooke and Peal & Dean's Mike Hope-Milne, are planning to ride from Land's End to John O'Groats in a bid to raise money for NABS.

BBC says Ashes, Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics should be free-to-air

LONDON - The Ashes, the Commonwealth Games and the Winter Olympics should be included in the list of events that must be shown on free-to-air television, according to a submission to the department for culture media and sport from the BBC.

Nestlé faces Facebook crisis over Greenpeace rainforest allegations

Nestlé has struggled to contain a barrage of criticism from angry consumers on Twitter and its official Facebook page.

Out and About 19 March

The official - and a few not so official - photos from the Las Vegas-themed NABS Big Bash at Battersea Evolution, which was transformed into Caesar's Palace for one night only

BBC's Sport Relief bike ride earns five million viewers

LONDON - BBC One's 'Million Pound Bike Ride: A Sport Relief Challenge' beat 'The Bill' with five million viewers in the 9-10pm slot last night, according to unofficial overnight figures.

British Airways cabin crew strike confirmed

LONDON - British Airways cabin crew will go ahead with the planned three-day strike this weekend after talks between the Unite union and the airline broke down.

Waitrose to roll out Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal activity

LONDON - Waitrose's new celebrity chef recruits Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal will next week feature in an extended ad which shows people how to cook two dishes.

Katie Price to pay ex-publicist Claire Powell over Peter Andre affair claims

Katie Price has agreed to pay 'substantial' damages to her former publicist Claire Powell, after claiming she had an affair with Jordan's ex-husband Peter Andre.

HMV to launch mobile gaming with Orange

LONDON - Orange and HMV are launching a mobile gaming service called hmv mobile games, claimed to be the first of its kind from a mobile operator.

Peter Bingle supports anti-Brown Conservative Party ad campaign

Top lobbyist Peter Bingle has come out in support of the Tories' plan to attack Gordon Brown in a forthcoming poster campaign.

Brew and Seventy Seven PR pick up six-figure brief for social music platform mflow

Brew and Seventy Seven PR have won a six-figure, integrated account to launch social music site mflow.

Tories unveil plan for US-style 'watch parties' during general election debates

Conservative Party chairman Eric Pickles has revealed his party's secret weapon for capitalising on the TV debates that are expected to dominate the general election campaign.

Newspaper Licensing Agency launches specialist licence for small PR agencies

The Newspaper Licensing Agency has launched a licence for the media monitoring requirements of small PR agencies.

HP global marcomms chief David Roman departs for Lenovo

David Roman is departing his role as global VP of marcomms at Hewlett-Packard's Personal Systems Group (PSG), to join Chinese PC giant Lenovo as CMO.

The FA appoints Ofcom's Julian Eccles to its top comms job

The Football Association has named Ofcom's comms chief Julian Eccles as its group director of marketing and communications.

Chancellor Alistair Darling prepares Budget ban on lobbying by public bodies

Chancellor Alistair Darling will launch a severe crackdown on public sector lobbying in next week's Budget, PRWeek has learned.

Salary hikes restricted to senior digital and consumer communications roles

Digital and consumer practitioners in agency jobs are the only PROs to have seen their salaries increase over the past year, new research suggests.

Industry in good shape for recovery as Chime Communications reports growth

Industry analysts are increasingly bullish about PR after the listed marcoms groups announced a mixed set of results in recent weeks.

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