In the wake of controversy over the way in which it has handled coverage of the HSBC Swiss tax dodging allegations, the paper will draw up guidelines to define the relationship between editorial and commercial staff.

The alliance follows the intended acquisition by Kantar parent WPP for a substantial equity stake in comScore.

The latest ABC release for the July – December 2014 period charts all the trends for the print magazine market. Here is Newsline’s overview – with links to full articles for each market.

There was no change in the ranking for the top three titles in the Women’s Lifestyle sector, which saw John Lewis Edition firmly in the lead – and breaking through the 500,000 circulation barrier.

Take a Break continues to lead the market despite a -1.7% decline in circulation, whilst Woman’s Weekly has managed to move up the rankings and into second place.

Sky won the lion’s share, taking five of the seven packages of matches made available, whilst BT won the remaining two.

In what turned out to be a very dry January for newspapers, only a handful of titles recorded any circulation growth according to the latest ABC figures.

The news comes just six months after the Newspaper Publishers’ Association served notice on the NRS as it seeks a contemporary audience measurement system.

The move will see BT acquire EE’s 31 million UK customers – and includes BT selling its broadband, fixed telephony and pay-TV services to those EE customers who do not currently take a service from the telecoms giant.

Simon Litherland, CEO of Britvic plc, has been appointed as the new president of ISBA, the body that represents British advertisers.