Johnston Press’ chief commercial officer, Neil Jones, is to leave the regional publisher, with immediate effect, after just five months in the role, Newsline has learned.

Three quarters of British TV viewers are not aware that a local channel could be launching in their region this year, with a further 15% claiming to have heard of ‘local TV’ but don’t know where the channels are due to launch.

The IPA Media Futures Group, which represents the interests of media agencies, has backed the new Publisher Advertising Transaction System (PATS) as the newspaper industry looks to bring greater efficiencies to the way it trades.

Harriet Harman, Labour’s deputy leader and shadow culture secretary, has outlined a series of pledges to the ad industry ahead of her keynote address at the ISBA annual lunch today.

James Wildman, Trinity Mirror’s new chief revenue officer of its National Advertising Sales Agency, begins his role this week with a fresh focus on digital revenues.

Annabel Wetton joins MediaTel from Bloom Worldwide, where she was commercial director, and will be responsible for developing the MediaTel Group business portfolio.

Alongside short-form content from the likes of Jamie Oliver, Guy Martin and Made In Chelsea’s Binky Felstead, there will also be advertiser funded shorts from Rimmel London, British Gas and Alfa Romeo.

The caps mean mobile operators will not be able to charge more than 20 cents per megabyte when a consumer is visiting another EU country.

The four hour event pulled in an average audience of 8.1 million viewers, with just over 2 million of these enjoying the opening celebration and the intense game in HD.

Following the lead of Apple, retail experts have said Britain’s ailing high street shops should swap traditional customer service with ‘customer experience’ to ensure long-term survival.