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June 18th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 18/06

The Guardian – Tesco braced for revolt as investors call for boardroom pay to be slashed

Tesco could face an investor revolt next month as a number of shareholder lobby groups line up to vote against the level of boardroom pay at the supermarket group.

The Times – BT staff to vote on strike action over pay

IT staff are being balloted from today over strike action after failing to reach a pay deal with the telecoms group, sparking fears that thousands of customers could be left struggling with service issues or waiting to be connected to broadband if a walk-out goes ahead.

The Daily Telegraph – ‘Promoted tweets’ finally bring advertising to Twitter

Social networking site Twitter has finally unveiled the first of its money-making promoted trends – Toy Story 3 became the first topic that appeared as a “trending topic” because an advertiser had paid for it to be there.

The Financial Times – MySpace president quits 5 months after reshuffle

Jason Hirschhorn, co-president of News Corp-owned MySpace, is leaving the social networking company just five months after a reorganisation forced out the previous chief executive. Mike Jones, currently the other co-president of MySpace, will run the unit. MySpace is not expected to bring in additional management.

SC Magazine – Pornographic sites now account for more than a third websites, as incidents of cyber squatting persist

Adult-orientated websites now account for over a third of sites on the internet.

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