Gambling sponsors account for one in every six football deals (15.4%) and one in every 11 total sponsorship deals (9.1%) across 225 professional sport teams in England.

Brands are still ‘coming to terms’ with how to target gamers. Specialists warn that the audience is more diverse than advertisers often think, and that authenticity is required.

Radiocentre CEO Matt Payton joins lead audio reporter Ella Sagar and host Jack Benjamin to discuss the past, present and future of audio, including the latest updates on radio’s place within the forthcoming Media Bill.

Analysis: Meta’s return to strong growth is evidence that the company’s ‘back to basics’ strategy laid out at the start of the year has helped right what was not long ago a wobbly ship.

Analysis: Growth in digital subscriptions may lift its sale price as potential bidders would be receiving a publisher with improving profits.

Analysis: While blaming Facebook’s change in policy toward news for a sharp decline in page views may well be fair, it doesn’t change the fact that its outlets will need to adapt to attract online audiences.

Analysis: For advertisers, any such rebrand matters little compared to what X does to address brand safety concerns.

Analysis: The publisher is seeking to aggressively expand into podcasting and short- and long-form video.

Analysis: Underlying the anxiety that the rising popularity of TikTok for news could further erode trust is the fact that TikTok is owned by Chinese company ByteDance.

The JTI audit will be used to assess the professionalism of news publishers in the UK and around the world.