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From marketing campaigns promoting good manners to Tupac resurrected via Star Wars and Moleskine diary classroom weapons the wonders of the web are here.

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The Blagger's Blog 20th April 2012

Media news - Rihanna desires One Direction's Harry Styles and stars in Battleship, UK Government deportation debacle, and Panda Balboa hits Central Manchester.

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The Blagger's Blog 13th April 2012

Samantha Brick's "I'm beautiful" declaration, Chary Cole and Prince Harry (?!), Nike's innovative new advert, anti-gay buses, and more from the media frontline.

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$1billion for a faded old picture- shrewd or stupid?

Facebook has bought out smartphone photo app Instagram for a staggering amount of cash, but is it money well spent?

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Facebook most searched brand of 2011

The most popular social network on the planet is the UK's most searched for brand of last year. Again.

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More Google content related (bad) news

TripAdvisor, Expedia, and lastminute.com join the growing list of firms complaining about Google distorting organic search results to promote its own products.

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The Blagger's Blog 30th March 2012

One Direction's US domination, the Cameron and Co's Health Bill, great HSBC advert, awful Belvedere sexual assault PR failure, and more news from the media.

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Friends and enemies: The Daily Mail debate

Love it or loathe it the public has spoken, and Mail Online is the most read news website in the world. But why?

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How to… get the most out of the fresh-look Facebook

The world's most popular social network changes forever this month. We show you how your business' brand page can benefit.

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Social media for the design savvy: Pinterest

4,000% growth in four months speaks for itself, but should we really bother spending time getting to grips with the latest social media trend?

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March 2012 in the Smoking Gun Study

Two national award wins, a new ecommerce client, and more Pandas loose on the streets give us plenty to talk about this month.

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US Presidential candidate Mit Romney raps Eminem, that anti-child soldier video, our statistic of the month, and more.

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To celebrate the arrival of Season Five an online Advergame has been launched, offering multiple endings, plenty of cigarettes and a drop of whisky.

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