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</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Debug Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>Aegis announces very little</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/10/30/asia-digital-raises-163-1-2m-in-extra-share-capital.aspx#59569</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:59569</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This morning Aegis Group produced another trading statement that is the nearest thing to gobbledegook&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59569" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Aegis announces very little</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/08/28/aegis-resilient-performance-a-loss-so-far.aspx#59565</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:51:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:59565</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;This morning Aegis Group produced another trading statement that is the nearest thing to gobbledegook&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59565" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Former management duo matches Cossette’s favoured offer</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/11/10/cossette-board-recommends-alternative-132m-offer.aspx#59386</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:24:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:59386</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Cosmos Capital, the private equity backed vehicle headed by Cossette co-founder and former vice chairman&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59386" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weak balance sheet forces Asia Digital to convene special shareholders’ meeting</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/10/30/asia-digital-raises-163-1-2m-in-extra-share-capital.aspx#59362</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:39:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:59362</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Asia Digital, the AIM listed online advertising sales agency that formerly traded as Deal Group Media&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59362" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>ISIS EP now owns 17% of Adventis</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/08/22/isis-shareholding-in-win-reaches-nearly-20.aspx#59059</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:38:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:59059</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Baronsmead Venture Capital Trust and other clients of private equity house ISIS EP between them now hold&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59059" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>ISIS EP now owns 17% of Adventis</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/11/05/adventis-raises-extra-163-825-000-share-capital.aspx#59057</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:18:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:59057</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Baronsmead Venture Capital Trust and other clients of private equity house ISIS EP between them now hold&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=59057" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Confusion about demand for Media Square shareholders’ meeting</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/11/02/morton-seeks-to-oust-parry-from-media-square.aspx#58698</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:07:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:58698</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Attempts by a group of agitating investors to requisition a shareholders’ meeting seem to have created&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=58698" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cossette board recommends alternative $132m offer</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/10/31/cossette-takeover-battle-begins-in-earnest.aspx#58648</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:46:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:58648</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Cossette, the Canadian listed marketing group under siege from a company headed by its co-founder and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=58648" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: Ex McKinsey consultant gets Media Square chief executive post</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/11/06/ex-mckinsey-consultant-gets-media-square-chief-executive-post.aspx#58449</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:27:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:58449</guid><dc:creator>Will Galgey</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, in opting for a younger and more energetic candidate, Media Square have taken a leaf out of Sir Martin Sorrell's book, who was quoted last week as saying, &amp;quot;The people who run agencies tend to be of an older vintage - to put it politely. They tend to be resistant to change and want to spend the last three to four years of their careers traveling around the world rather than dealing with fundamental strategic issues on a daily basis.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=58449" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Morton shares in Media Square acquired from Yorkshireman Gill</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/11/02/name-from-the-past-builds-near-7-stake-in-media-square.aspx#58165</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:06:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:58165</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Contrary to first indications, it now appears that much of the 6.9% shareholding in Media Square built&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=58165" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Morton seeks to oust Parry from Media Square</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/11/02/name-from-the-past-builds-near-7-stake-in-media-square.aspx#57905</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:33:40 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:57905</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Following the acquisition of a 6.9% shareholding in Media Square reported here this morning, Bob Morton&amp;amp;#39;s&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57905" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Newspaper Industry Continues Steady Implosion | Sramana Mitra on &amp;#8230; | Advertising Marketing Wisdom</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/10/30/wpp-revenues-boosted-by-tns-and-currency-gains-but-research-still-a-drag.aspx#57806</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:59:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:57806</guid><dc:creator>Newspaper Industry Continues Steady Implosion | Sramana Mitra on … | Advertising Marketing Wisdom</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Pingback from &amp;nbsp;Newspaper Industry Continues Steady Implosion | Sramana Mitra on &amp;amp;#8230; | Advertising Marketing Wisdom&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57806" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Progressive Digital Media makes big pre-merger asset write-downs at TMN</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/06/25/tmn-s-re-emergence-on-aim-as-progressive-digital-media-group-lacks-clarity.aspx#57797</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:26:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:57797</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The AIM-listed Progressive Digital Media Group (formerly TMN Group) that was subjected to a reverse takeover&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57797" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cossette takeover battle begins in earnest</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/10/18/cossette-auction-rumbles-quietly-on.aspx#57794</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:14:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:57794</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The takeover battle for control of the Canadian listed marketing group Cossette came alive yesterday&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="http://community.brandrepublic.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=57794" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>Asia Digital raises £1.2m in extra share capital</title><link>http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/bobwillott/archive/2009/10/28/asia-digital-shares-fall-by-another-42.aspx#57768</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0f8ed6bf-041d-4f2c-bb76-9560b958a575:57768</guid><dc:creator>Bob Willott on the bottom line</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Asia Digital, the financially-stretched AIM-listed digital advertising sales company, has raised an additional&lt;/p&gt;
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