LONDON - US jewellery trader Cash4Gold is about to launch a celebrity-based series of ads in the UK, following its DRTV launch here last week.

LONDON - Cineworld has promoted Justin Skinner from head of marketing to vice president of marketing.

LONDON - Manchester United fans have created a mock up of a poster campaign run by Manchester City, in which their rivals welcomed new signing Carlos Tevez to the city.

LONDON - Paramount Pictures has launched two online games with online retailer Amazon.co.uk to promote its Nickelodeon store and encourage user interaction.

LONDON - United Business Media, publisher of trade magazines including The Publican and Property Week, plans to axe more titles from its 120 business-to-business portfolio over the next two years.

LONDON - Entertainment giant EMI Music has promoted David Boyle to the position of vice president of consumer insight and validation in its global digital marketing team.

NEW YORK - Two rival groups have submitted bids to buy The Boston Globe from The New York Times Company, including Hill Holiday founder Jack Connors.

LONDON - Synovate has appointed Millward Brown’s Gareth Jones as research manager working within the UK technology sector.

LONDON - McCallum Layton has strengthened its analytics department by promoting Angela Karlsberg to head of analytics.

LONDON - The web is chock full of flash casual games and only a small percentage of them are really any good. The aim of this column is that I, with the help of my team of game addicted flash developers, spend some time each week kissing a load of frogs so that you don’t have to. And then I simply present you with a perfectly formed prince/princess to play with.