MediaCom pulls out of global Nokia pitch

by Anne Cassidy, campaignlive.co.uk
LONDON - The WPP-owned MediaCom is not repitching for its £300 million global Nokia media business, which is currently under review.

It is understood that MediaCom, which manages the brand’s account in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US, is not entering the pitch process due to issues around remuneration.
Nokia called the review in [...]

OOX signs Online Ad Monitoring deal with Dubizzle.com

Out-n-out Online Xperts (OOX) signs Dubizzle.com, the largest classified and community portal in the UAE. OOX will provide Dubizzle.com with competitive online advertising monitoring services. The services will be deployed via to OOXmonitor.com, OOX’s proprietary web-based tool.  
“Dubizzle.com is a remarkable application that has managed to attract a large number of internet users in the [...]

Social networking: Get your message across promptly

By Adam Flinter, Web Editor, Gulf News
Dubai: When George Anson’s wife was bleeding heavily after giving birth on Monday, there seemed to be only one thing to do.
Make an appeal for help.
Within hours, Dubai, and the UAE, was ablaze with talk of the birth, an apparent blood shortage and the plea to go and donate [...]