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  LinkedIn Hires Yahoo! Marketer as Vice President
  Professional-focused social network LinkedIn has named Patrick Crane, vice president of marketing for Yahoo!’s network division, to be its vice president in charge of marketing

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  E-Dialog Taps Hughes as Senior Strategist

  E-Dialog, an online marketing services firm, has hired Arthur Middleton Hughes, founder of The Database Marketing Institute Ltd., as a senior strategist who will work with clients on direct marketing best practices and customer retention strategies.

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  Publicis Teams With Dassault on 3D Venture

  Publicis Groupe, the French advertising conglomerate, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dassault Systemes to create 3dswym, a global joint venture in the field of Web-based 3D.

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  Something4 Acquires Netcallidus Ltd.

  Something4 has acquired Netcallidus Ltd., an online marketing services company.

  Terms were not disclosed.

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  SEMDirector, comScore Pair up for Search Share Analysis

  Web traffic measurement firm comScore is partnering with search reporting automation firm SEMDirector in a joint marketing initiative, the two companies announced.

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  New Products and Services

  IdentityTruth.com: a new Web site designed to help consumers safeguard their privacy and identities–IdentityTruth.com, Waltham, MA.

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  It’s Quigo for Time, and a Good Time for Quigo

  Contextual ad network Quigo logged its largest client win to date yesterday with the announcement that it will deliver pay-per-click ads to all of the Time Inc. online properties.

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  Yahoo! Ad Change: Did Millard Jump or Was She Pushed?

  Yahoo announced last weekend that it will merge its search and display advertising sales teams in the U.S. in an effort to streamline media buys for customers who want to advertise in a variety of formats, from search and graphical ads to videos.

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  Supplement Seller Tries a Dose of Vitamin S-E-M

  Back in 1999, Cincinnati entrepreneur Al Alexander ran the Paramount fitness center, where he also sold vitamins on the side. But he started receiving customer complaints that they could buy the products elsewhere for cheaper prices. That led Alexander in 2001 to open Supplements To Go (www.supplementstogo.com)

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  Yahoo! Puts Search, Display Sales under One Title

  Yahoo said yesterday it will merge its search and display advertising sales teams in the U.S. in an effort to streamline media buys for customers who want to advertise in a variety of formats, from search and graphical ads to videos.