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Sun on Sunday sales dip below 2m mark for first time
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This article titled "Sun on Sunday sales dip below 2m mark for first time" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 13.46 UTC
Rupert Murdoch's Sun on Sunday dipped below the 2m sales mark for the first time in December, with a month-on-month decline of just over 6%.
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Guardian, Telegraph and FT post modest sales rises in December
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This article titled "Guardian, Telegraph and FT post modest sales rises in December" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 11th January 2013 13.32 UTC
The Financial Times, Guardian and Daily Telegraph were the only daily national newspapers to see month-on-month sales increases in December.
All three enjoyed...
Hugh Grant to star in Guardian ad
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This article titled "Hugh Grant to star in Guardian ad" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 10th January 2013 16.55 UTC
Hugh Grant is to star in a tongue-in-cheek advertising campaign promoting Guardian and Observer weekend supplements and magazines, including a new Saturday cookery section.
Grant, who was...
WPP clients to return to Channel 4 after £250m advertising dispute is settled
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This article titled "WPP clients to return to Channel 4 after £250m advertising dispute is settled" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Thursday 10th January 2013 13.34 UTC
Sir Martin Sorrell's advertising clients are set to return to Channel 4 with the two sides reaching a £250m TV advertising deal...
Payment protection insurance radio campaign banned
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This article titled "Payment protection insurance radio campaign banned" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 07.58 UTC
The advertising watchdog has banned a radio campaign run by a claims management firm for using scare tactics that implied that consumers were almost out of time to reclaim...
ASA bans adverts over use of Jimmy Savile references
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This article titled "ASA bans adverts over use of Jimmy Savile references" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 9th January 2013 07.11 UTC
The advertising watchdog has criticised a magazine and a clothing firm for attempting to drum up business by using images of the late Jimmy Savile in email campaigns, including...
OK! editor Lisa Byrne leaves job
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This article titled "OK! editor Lisa Byrne leaves job" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Friday 28th December 2012 13.09 UTC
Lisa Byrne, the long-serving editor of Richard Desmond's OK! magazine, has departed from the magazine after eight years in the top job.
Byrne, who started as a freelancer in 1999...
Game of Thrones most pirated TV show
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This article titled "Game of Thrones most pirated TV show" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 24th December 2012 13.35 UTC
Game of Thrones was the most-pirated TV show of the year, with a single episode being illegally downloaded by more people than typically watch the hit programme in the US.
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ITV makes move into US cable market
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This article titled "ITV makes move into US cable market" was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 24th December 2012 11.17 UTC
ITV's share price hit a high not seen in more than five years in early trading on Monday, after the broadcaster confirmed a deal worth as much as $111m (£68m) to buy reality TV...
James Bond battle leaves magazine shaken but not stirred
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This article titled “James Bond battle leaves magazine shaken but not stirred” was written by Mark Sweney, for guardian.co.uk on Wednesday 7th September 2011 06.28 UTC
James Bond’s activities may have been for his bosses’ eyes only, but now a battle between magazines focusing on the spy hero is out in the open.
It...