Responding to the government’s Green Paper, the BBC Trust has said it wants improved protections for the BBC’s independence to provide more time between fixed date general elections and the end of the next charter.

Weir was previously fashion features director at Sunday Times Style and has worked at Drapers and Elleuk.com.

The public review will assess the way the BBC is funded, its current scale, governance and purpose.

Dennis Publishing said the website goes beyond a digital rendition of the print magazine and includes news, reviews and insight from the world of road cycling.

New research from Ampere Analysis has revealed how multi-channel networks are being snapped up ahead of likely consolidation of smaller MCNs in the growing market.

After almost two years of locking its online content behind a paywall, the Sun is set to make more of its content available for free.

Bosses at Ebiquity and Sky Media warn that the ad market must move away from yield and optimisation rules and make decisions based upon ad effectiveness.

Telegraph Media Group has appointed Barry Wyse to enhance the customer proposition in all of the Telegraph’s verticals.

“Whatever can be automated will inevitably be automated, especially TV,” says Bob Lord, president of AOL.

Google’s head of publishers has said the investment in good quality creative hasn’t followed the technology.