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research shows that online video advertising increased by 45.5%, to nearly €1.19bn, in 2013 making it attractive to illegal operators

Europe’s new one-stop patent system is winning over companies despite initial criticism from lawyers and some multinationals of the scheme, which is expected to come into effect in 2016, according to a survey on Monday

Europe’s new one-stop patent system is winning over companies despite initial criticism from lawyers and some multinationals of the scheme, which is expected to come into effect in 2016, according to a survey on Monday

Telegraph Media Group has reported largely flat revenues and profit for the 52 weeks to 29 December 2013, as falls in print ads were offset by savings in production and rising digital revenues

In a GIGAOM blog Mathew Ingram shows two charts that indicate worsening trends for US print newspapers

Digital ad technology platform Magnetic has acquired Cognitive Match, a dynamic creative optimization and site retargeting provider

Interpublic Group stock continued its feverish run-up today, reaching a high of $19.50 — its highest price in years

Future reported Interims today revealing a further write down (£26m) of its print assets as a consequence of a sale of their craft and sport print titles to Immediate Media for up to £24m

Omnicom’s TBWA Worldwide is acquiring independent German advertising agency Heimat

Omnicom’s TBWA Worldwide is acquiring independent German advertising agency Heimat

Dentsu Aegis Network said today that a newly formed subsidiary, Aegis Lifestyle, had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire experiential marketing agency MKTG Inc. for approximately $52 million

Yahoo is ramping up talks with video producers and plans to premiere a rival to Google’s video service later this summer, according to people briefed on their plans

Small businesses will be increasingly forced to pay for Facebook advertising to reach fans, the social network reveals

Interesting to see The Daily Telegraph picking up on the impact that Facebook’s algorithm changes have had on SMEs

As Charles Moore has reported in his Spectator’s Notes this week, changes are afoot at equestrians’ favourite publication, Horse and Hound

The digital figures, featuring the most famous metered paywall in global publishing, sound great

The digital figures, featuring the most famous metered paywall in global publishing, sound great

CAP, formerly owned by EMAP (now Top Right Group) is a leading provider of real-time, high accuracy valuations and specifications for new and used vehicles in the UK

Autodata Publishing Group has been sold to mid-market private equity house Bowmark Capital and the private equity fund of the Rothschild Group, Five Arrows Principal Investments, for a reported enterprise value of £143 million.

Conde Nast is combining its direct digital sales with its programmatic efforts