Newspapers to suffer as Pickles calls for council job ads to go online

Council job adverts should be published on the internet to save money, increase transparency and help reduce pointless posts, says Eric Pickles, the local government secretary

ITN signs Iliffe News & Media ad video deal

Media group which owns 28 newspapers and satirical news website the Daily Mash will join Premium News Network. By Mark Sweney

Adidas pulls ahead of Nike in online World Cup marketing battle

Star Wars advert and Jabulani ball furore sees the sports firm beat Nike according to online research. By Mark Sweney

ASA bans misleading Orange advert

Mobile company claimed its 3G network reached most people, but ad watchdog said this could not be substantiated. By Mark Sweney

Microsoft shows off Kinect in Europe at Cannes

Cannes Lions: Software giant brings a huge entourage to promote its Xbox 360 hands-free controller. By Mark Sweney

Nike Chalkbot campaign wins cyber lions grand prix

Nike clocks up seventh digital grand prix since 1998 at Cannes Lions advertising festival with Tour de France cancer campaign. By Mark Sweney

Ben Stiller to create Yahoo web show

'Webisodes' to feature star's parents commenting on news items – but brand's David Beckham sponsorship likely to be dropped. By Mark Sweney

Digital TV helps Channel 4 weather the recession

Broadcaster's digital services and costcutting helped it to offset loss of advertising revenues on main channel. By Jason Deans

ASA bans William Hill Casino advert

Marketing email was misleading as it did not make it clear that numerous bets of 'significant value' were required. By Mark Sweney

Google gears up for Glastonbury with online ad

Web giant's UK campaign to promote search and mobile products will run on YouTube, Facebook and VideoEgg. By Mark Sweney

Online to outstrip papers in ad revenue

The internet is poised to overtake newspapers as the second-largest US advertising medium by revenue behind television, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Global Entertainment and Media Outlook for 2010 to 2014

Google UK adds house-hunting to Maps

Search giant's new service will add property listings to Google Maps. By Mark Sweney

World Cup 2010: Nike ad beats official sponsors for online buzz

Three-minute 'flashforward' campaign attracts more World Cup-related mentions than Adidas, Coca-Cola, Sony and Visa. By Mark Sweney

How Apple’s new ad-blocker could save the media (maybe)

Peter Robins: Safari 5 looks like bad news for ad-supported sites. But if we're very, very lucky, it might not turn out that way

Apple’s iAd iPhone advertising platform claims $60m in pre-launch bookings

Deals for advertising on iPhone and iPod Touch apps represent almost half of forecast US mobile ad spending, Apple says. By Mark Sweney