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We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: Banks geared for business friendly PR drive; Clear Channel posts bumper full year figures; Grazia launches LFW campaign; Fututre hits digital target, but print sales slide; Associated revenues edge up.

Stay up-to-date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Linpac fined over incident; Benson Group ranked top growth company; Archant jobs at risk after outsource announcement; Metromail's £10m investment plan; CRP opens new press hall.

A successful personalised campaign for chocolatier Thorntons has resulted in the printer flying out to the US to showcase how the technology provided a big upswing in sales at the 9th annual PODi AppForum.

WWF has launched paper benchmarking tool Check Your Paper to help buyers estimate the environmental footprint of papers and allow manufacturers to demonstrate the sustainability of their products.

The body organising the London 2012 Olympics has said it is open to "expressions of interest" in tendering for a giant fabric wrap to cover the Olympic Stadium.

Totally Dynamic has completed a chrome-effect vehicle wrap turning a £170,000 McLaren Mercedes SLR into a mirror foiled masterpiece.

The outdoor advertising industry is a "broadly competitive" marketplace for specialist buyers and media agencies alike but the rebates paid to buyers could negatively impact the deals offered to advertisers, according to a study by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

Stay up-to-date with your procurement supply chain thanks to print industry news at your fingertips. This week: Mooreforms bought; SOS (NW) collapses; SDC Reprographics invests in digital; print and packaging insolvencies fall; Crabtree of Gateshead enjoys China boost.

We bring you the buzz from the wider media sphere, across the world and across the web. This week: MediaCo Outdoor wins Wembley work; Stella to launch cider product; brand websites under threat from social media; Condé Nast untroubled by Hearst move; Hearst buys Lagardere mags

Portsmouth-based Bishops Printers has been at the centre of a political tiff after it printed products for a Scottish MP who is a self-proclaimed champion of local businesses.