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- BlinkBox, a start-up UK online video outfit, has launched BlinkBox.com, a new service allowing users to overlay video clips taken from a movie or TV show with a personalised message. The firm has signed up several Hollywood studios for the service, which also enables users to pay for and download full-length TV shows and movies.

- The volume of UK internet traffic online retailers receive from social networks increased by 153% between December and September. According to web traffic tracker Hitwise, 3.1% of UK internet visits to shopping and classifieds websites came from social networks in the UK last month.

- Weight Watchers has shortlisted two further agencies to pitch for its £10m media planning and buying account in the UK. OMD UK and Starcom will pitch against UK incumbent Carat and Mediaedge:cia, the incumbent in Europe.

- The Economist Group's publishing business, CFO, is launching a new magazine in Russia. The first issues of CFO Russia will be distributed to 25,000 Russian finance executives monthly from November and will be published under licence by B2B Media, a Moscow-based publishing company.

- Clear Channel Outdoor has introduced a "halo" of light around its North London tower, which can be changed remotely to match the colours of any campaign by using 3,000 LEDs.

- JCDecaux's bid to launch a new range of phone box ad sites measuring 4ft by 8ft in key parts of central London has been rejected by Westminster Council. The kiosks, which were to comprise six-sheet ads alongside BT phones, were first installed in Richmond, Ealing and Peterborough in June.

- IPC Media has acquired electronics review website Trustedreviews.com for an undisclosed sum. The site carries thousands of in-depth expert reviews, which are free to consumers across 19 product categories including computing equipment, MP3 players and camcorders.

- Neil Webster, First Radio Sales' managing director, is joining GCap Media's Invicta in Kent as managing director, not just head of sales, as reported in Media Week (16 October, page 4).