The latest edition of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo went on sale today with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad holding a “Je suis Charlie” sign on its front cover.

Magic Radio has announced it is working alongside independent production partners for the first time as the station unveils a new programming strategy for its national launch on digital radio this week.

Havas and Universal have this week announced the formation of the Global Music Data Alliance, a partnership that aims to increase revenue streams by mining the consumer data generated by Universal’s artists.

Digital out of home company Ocean Outdoor has today announced that Searchlight Capital Partners has acquired LDC’s entire stake in the business.

Denise Turner, chief insight officer at Havas Media Group, is joining newspaper marketing body Newsworks as director of insight early next year.

Rees, who has held the role for four years, is leaving in the New Year to pursue other interests.

The proposals, subject to approval by the BBC Trust, will generate savings of £50m, the Corporation said on Wednesday – £30m of which will be invested in drama on BBC One.

A new, US-based study as revealed that almost a quarter of video ad impressions can be identified as ‘bot fraud’

The media and entertainment group will introduce new stations ‘Smooth Extra’ on 27 December 2014, ‘Heart Extra’ in the new year and other stations yet to be announced.

Based in the London offices of Dentsu Aegis Network, Jarvie will be responsible for overseeing the agency’s key global clients.