Only the ‘i’ newspaper managed to record any growth in the daily market, while the Sun on Sunday drops more than 900,000 readers.

The figures reveal a poor performance for overall readership growth across the entire market, with every newsbrand recording negative growth from the last reported period.

Sanchez, who was previously co-founder of social TV analytics agency, The Data Republic, will be responsible for the ongoing development of Kantar Media’s core capabilities around social TV.

Initially for a six month period, Glanvill, a former CEO of Mindshare, will chair an advisory group, which will agree the brief for a “future-proof cross-platform measurement system”.

The publisher of titles including the Eastern Daily Press and the Norwich Evening News said Henry’s appointment is the next stage in the business’s ongoing “transformation”.

In the newly created role, Smith will take on responsibility for the growth of VivaKi’s programmatic media buying across the EMEA region.

Claimed use of Netflix is growing more quickly than any other VOD service, but still remains lower than the services provided by the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV.

The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), the newspaper industry’s own set of plans for independent self-regulation, has named Matt Tee as its first chief executive.

ITV has reported pre-tax profits of £250 million for the second quarter of 2014, despite a decline in viewing figures in the first six months of the year.

UTV Media, owner of talkSPORT radio and free magazine Sport, has announced that Mindshare’s Howard Bareham will take on the new role of commercial development director.