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Bank of Scotland (Ire) appoints new media firm
30 September 09
Bank of Scotland (Ireland) has appointed Mediaedge:CIA (MEC) as its new media planning and buying agency....
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Calling all animal lovers ....
29 September 09
At Mediacontact.ie we are big fans of animals. See the picture attached of our office dog Maxi Lopez....
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A Hub of activity in Ireland's Southeast
29 September 09
The Hub in Kilkenny is an exciting new multi-purpose exhibition and events venue located on the outskirts...
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Mediacontact.ie seeks Audio Visual sponsor
29 September 09
Mediacontact.ie are looking for an audio visual sponsor for our conference 'Content is King' on 17th...
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In praise of ... Media Picnic 2009
29 September 09
It is not very often that you attend an event that exceeds all of your expectations. I spent most of...
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Culture Night '09
29 September 09
In recent years Ireland has joined its neighbours on the continent and launched its very own night of...
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Win a fantastic weekend away with mediacontact.ie
29 September 09
This time last year we organised a competition that gave away 10 free sky-dive places and we got a phenomenal...
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WhosView.ie declares Bianconi's in Ranelagh as best pizza in Dublin
29 September 09
Earlier this month WhosView.ie, the online review site, conducted a focus group with Twitter users, bloggers...
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Facebook passes the 1m mark in Ireland
29 September 09
Statics from Mulley Communications, the Cork-based social media experts, shows that there are now 1,010,980...
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So who believed in Nama FM?
29 September 09
In the last issue of MediaFlash we had a story about a new digital radio station called Nama FM that...
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O'Leary exposed as Lisbon debate descends into petty squabbling
29 September 09
If you like watching Michael O'Leary making a holy show of himself, you would have enjoyed Prime Time...
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Burrell wins Distillers account
29 September 09
Burrell Marketing & Publicity, celebrating 20 years in business, has won the public relations retainer...
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Twitter now worth $1 billion
29 September 09
At first many shared the same opinions about Twitter when it launched. Even I asked myself how much more...
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iRadio stations lose €2.6m
29 September 09
iRadio Ltd, which operates two stations in the West, lost €2.6m in 2008, its accounts show. It operates...
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Prosperity, DMI deal to up-skill execs
29 September 09
Digital recruiter, Prosperity, has signed a deal with the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI) for training...
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Aideen McGrath joins H+A
29 September 09
H+A Marketing and PR have announced the appointment of brand building PR and media relations specialist...
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Wispa Gold is back too!
29 September 09
Wispa Gold have bought billboard space all over the UK and Ireland as part of a major marketing campaign....
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McGovern has Digital Ambition
29 September 09
Mary McGovern, founder of McGovern PR, one of Ireland's longest established PR firms, has launched a...
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Vodafone's new slogan
29 September 09
Vodafone is to revamp its brand and marketing for the first time in four years. The Sunday Times reports...
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Love Irish Food has 45 top brands
29 September 09
Love Irish Food, the new group formed to promote Irish manufactured brands, has announced that another...
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BCI unveils radio funding
29 September 09
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has announced details of the ninth funding round of Sound...
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O'Driscoll scores with Credit Unions
29 September 09
The Irish League of Credit Unions has announced a new association with Irish international rugby player...
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IDA gets innovative
29 September 09
The IDA has launched a massive global marketing campaign designed to attract foreign investment in to...
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RTÉ faces deficit of €17m for 2009
29 September 09
RTÉ will claw back more than €55m in savings this year, but will still have a net deficit...
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Mediacontact.ie shortlisted for 2009 Irish Web Award
29 September 09
It's always an honour to be nominated for an award. To make it past the initial round of nominations...
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My Media - Jeffrey Hayzlett Chief Marketing Officer Eastman Kodak
28 September 09
My media this week is with Jeffrey Hayzlett, the Chief Marketing Officer of Eastman Kodak.
As CMO he...
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Roger Federer always has a trick up his sleeve
15 September 09
Roger Federer is one of the greatest tennis players to grace the game, but even by his high standards,...
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Twitter allows adverts
15 September 09
Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging site has changed its terms for users to allow advertisers to...
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Johnston Press closes Kilkenny printers
15 September 09
Kilkenny-based group Johnston Press is to close its printing works for its Irish regional newspaper titles...
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Death of Irish Times icon
15 September 09
The death has taken place of Major Thomas McDowell, the former chief executive and chairman of the Irish...
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RTE Radio gets 34 award nominations
15 September 09
RTE Radio has topped the list of nominations for the 2009 PPI Radio Awards. With 34 nominations across...
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Darklight creativity festival unveils line-up
15 September 09
Art, film and technology event, Darklight, has unveiled its line- up for this year. The three-day festival...
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Arts Council wants tax exemption retained
15 September 09
The Arts Council has said it will make a strong case to government for the retention of the artists'...
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Limerick mum wins 4FM business prize
15 September 09
4FM today said that the firm set up by a Limerick mum, Off We Go Publishing, is the winner of its 'Doing...
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Celebration for record radio figures
15 September 09
Latest radio research shows that over three million people now listen to Irish radio every weekday. Radio...
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BCI announces media research fund
15 September 09
The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has announced details of two new research projects to be...
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Big Switch campaign passes 200k mark
15 September 09
Bord Gais said it has reached a major milestone with the 200,000th customer switching over to the energy...
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Indo 'in talks' with German group
15 September 09
The German media giant Axel Springer has held talks with Independent News and Media about becoming a...
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Spotify launches iPhone services
15 September 09
Spotify, the much-hyped European digital music service, has secured a deal to launch a mobile offering...
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The Gloss goes free
15 September 09
The Gloss Magazine now comes free with the Irish Times once a month, in an ambitious attempt to take...
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New website improves SEO for SMEs
15 September 09
A new website has been launched for SMEs that can promote and publicise their products and services on...
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YouTube in talks on movie rentals
15 September 09
Online video site YouTube is in talks with several major movie studios about renting movies to users...
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Business journo awards launched
15 September 09
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School is currently accepting entries for the Business Journalist...
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Airtricity sponsors RTE's Spend Clever
15 September 09
RTE today said that it has landed 'Green' energy provider, Airtricity, as a sponsor for its Spend Clever...
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Jobsearch.ie goes free and social
15 September 09
Jobsearch.ie has re-launched its site as a permanently free jobs posting portal for Irish employers and...
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In praise of ... lunchtime concerts
15 September 09
On a recent holiday in a small house in the west of Ireland, we left Lyric FM on the stereo for the duration...
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Winners of caption competition
15 September 09
We're delighted to announce that the winners of our Caption Competition, from the previous edition of...
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Electric Picnic '09 puts the welly in
15 September 09
I'd never been so glad to have my feet encased in €10 worth of black plastic. Armed (or 'legged'!)...
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New conference by Mediacontact.ie - exclusive preview
15 September 09
On 17th November 2009 we are hosting a new conference entitled Content is King - how to create exceptional...
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Mark Hennessy switches roles in The Irish Times
15 September 09
Mark Hennessy has recently moved from his role as Political Correspondent of The Irish Times to a new...
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Raygun shoot themselves in the foot
15 September 09
Last week a London band called Ray Gun shot (excuse the pun) to fame on Youtube with the kind of viral...
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Kanye West steals the show at the VMAs - for all the wrong reasons
15 September 09
Kanye West has always irritated me, from his over confidence, to his idiotic statements, to his ridiculous...
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New head of digital for Universal Graphics
15 September 09
Dara Walsh (32), has been appointed head of digital at Monaghan-based Universal Graphics, who are specialist...
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My Media: David Brophy, Principal Conductor, RTE Concert Orchestra
15 September 09
Newspapers I don't buy a daily paper because I don't get a chance to read it. On Sunday I buy The Sunday...
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Mediaexpress.ie - press releases made simple
15 September 09
Anyone in need of some basic PR can now opt for a low-budget option for sending out a press release.Mediacontact...
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Ben Dunne joins The Irish Sun as consumer watchdog
15 September 09
The Irish Sun has signed Ben Dunne as their new no-nonsense weekly consumer columnist as part of their...
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Farmers Journal reports 9% increase in readership
15 September 09
The Irish Farmers Journal has increased its overall readership by 20,000 readers per week, according...
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Nama FM- New station launching tomorrow
15 September 09
It has just been announced that a new station called Nama FM will commence broadcasting tomorrow. It...
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€10,000 free publicity package for hotels
8 September 09
What the chosen hotels get:
2010 Irish Media Contacts Directory 1 full page advert - €18001 enhanced...
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Mediaexpress.ie - press releases made simple
1 September 09
We have just launched a new website called www.mediaexpress.ie and it is a very simple way to target...
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Time running out to join 2010 Media Experts list
1 September 09
The quickest and most effective way to raise your profile is to feature in the 2010 Media Experts List....
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Win a free place on our Public Relations Masterclass
1 September 09
To celebrate the launch of MediaExpress.ie, this week we are giving away two free places on our popular...
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Social Media Unspun with Damien Mulley on Sept 17th Afternoon session added
1 September 09
Since last week the tickets for our social media masterclass with Damien Mulley have been snapped up...
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Alison Treacy joins Mediacontact.ie
1 September 09
We looked high and low, over many months and and we eventually found our new intern, Alison Treacy. ...
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My Media: Tom Hayes - Managing Director, Lightbox Multimedia
1 September 09
Newspapers I don't buy newspapers but I read the Irish Times online during the week and I check RTE.ie...
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In praise of ... Lance Armstrong
1 September 09
At 4.30pm last Tuesday I received an email from a friend of mine saying that Lance Armstrong had posted...
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New newspaper for students
1 September 09
The Irish Student Press is a full-colour monthly tabloid newspaper designed to help senior cycle (15...
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Murdoch's London freesheet closes
1 September 09
Rupert Murdoch-owned News International has announced that it plans to close its afternoon freesheet,...
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Leaked iPhone ad shows appliance of science
1 September 09
This advert for the iphone is both brilliant and disturbing. While it shows the capabilities of the iphone...
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Marketing blitz for 'Love Irish' brand
1 September 09
Economist Jim Power is to lead a new organisation - Love Irish Food - devoted to promoting the Irish...
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Garda show is RTÉ's top online draw.
1 September 09
A fly-on-the-wall documentary about Garda traffic corps was the surprise top-viewed show on RTE's online...
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Watchdog looks at freesheet merger
1 September 09
The plan to merge the freesheet newspaper, Metro and Herald AM, is being examined by the Competition...
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Johnston Press won't sell Irish assets
1 September 09
British regional newspaper group, Johnston Press has said it has no plans to sell its Irish assets. Johnston...
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Independent to sell South African ad firm
1 September 09
Independent News and Media has agreed conditionally to sell its South African outdoor media company,...
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Microsoft pulls altered advert
1 September 09
Software giant Microsoft has apologised for altering a photo on its website that changed the race of...
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McConnells MD's resignation 'was planned'
1 September 09
The resignation of McConnells managing director Fiona Scott was entirely voluntary and had been planned...
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Littlewoods sponsors TV3's Corrie
1 September 09
Littlewoods Ireland is to sponsor Coronation Street on TV3. The sponsorship, which will carry the tagline...
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UTV slams BBC's plan to 'share' news
1 September 09
Dublin-listed UTV has protested to the BBC against the state broadcaster's plan to share video news with...
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RTE denies abandoning 'public service' remit
1 September 09
RTE Radio has rejected a claim by Independent Broadcasters of Ireland that it has abandoned its public...
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James Murdoch slams BBC and regulators
1 September 09
James Murdoch has launched a scathing attack on the BBC, describing the corporation's size and ambitions...
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O'Leary and Cascarino join Irish Sun
1 September 09
The Irish Sun has kicked off the new season with three exciting new signings, as soccer legends David...
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Elevate's new website is up
1 September 09
Elevate PR is celebrating its eighth birthday this August and has launched a new website to celebrate,...
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The Sunday Times ups sales
1 September 09
The Sunday Times has increased sales by a substantial 10.27% to 116,541 copies, making it the biggest...
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Former journalist appointed at WHPR
1 September 09
Debbie O'Brien has been appointed Account Director in Wilson Hartnell PR's corporate practice. Debbie...
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Media is key to sustainable Ireland
1 September 09
The Irish media has a key role to play in informing public debate on sustainable development. That's...
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Harris HQ for Dublin
1 September 09
Wall Street-listed broadcasting control technology firm, Harris, today said it will open a new office...
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