Trinity will acquire Northern & Shell’s publishing assets for £126.7 million in a move it said would create a media business of scale to better serve its readers and advertisers.

As Rajar publishes its fourth quarter results for the radio market, Newsline presents a full round-up for the national stations and networks and the digital and breakfast markets.

As Rajar releases its fourth quarter results for the radio market, Newsline presents the key findings showing station and network reach, share and average listening hours.

Almost one in four pounds spent on advertising in the third quarter of 2017 went to mobile, which recorded year-on-year growth of 30.7%.

Speaking at the Ad Association’s annual leadership summit, former Ebiquity boss Nick Manning said if advertisers behave responsibly and respectfully towards their customers, people “will respond in kind”.

The out-of-home sector headed indoors this week to debate its future, and there was a sense of positive change in the air.

The Competition & Markets Authority said some aspects the £11.7bn deal were “not in the public interest” following the provisional findings from its in-depth examination of the proposed acquisition of Sky Plc by 21st Century Fox.

Admitting 2017 had been a “difficult year”, YouTube owner Google announced new rules on Tuesday to help clean up its content and make it a safer advertising environment.

Four days into the New Year and already there are so many talking points: The spectre of an ad-blocking meltdown, trouble at Vice, Snap lols, Hopkins World, JPMorgan’s YouTube fix…and Murdoch calling Trump a fucking idiot.

An augmented reality lens featuring Captain Morgan would have appealed to too many users under the age of eighteen, the ASA has ruled.