Growing political and public debate on equality has prompted the Advertising Standards Authority to launch an investigation into gender stereotyping in ads.

Carat’s Matt Landeman and Matthew Hook have also been promoted.

Channel 4 has staked £1 million of its commercial airtime to encourage brands and agencies to feature disability and disabled talent in their advertising campaigns.

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale could force the BBC to sell its 50% stake in UKTV, valued at around half a billion pounds, it has been reported.

Following the official launch of the i newspaper under new owner Johnston Press earlier this week, inews.co.uk has gone live.

The Daily Mail and General Trust has confirmed that it is in talks with private equity companies about putting in a bid for Yahoo, according to reports.

Guardian Media Group has announced that it will increase the cover price of the Guardian’s weekday and Saturday UK editions by 20p and the Observer by 10p as it looks to offset losses.

Local World’s Steve Anglesey joins the publisher as group digital content director with immediate effect.

Newsbeat’s Felicity Morse will become digital news editor of inews.co.uk when it launches next week.

The controversial columnist, who last year compared migrants to “cockroaches” in a Sun article, will host her own programme every Sunday morning between 10am and 12 noon.