Amazon is predicted to overtake Oath and Microsoft in the US advertising market this year – placing it in third position behind Facebook and Google. Here, industry experts share their views on the significance of the news.

Global, the UK’s largest commercial radio group, has moved into the out-of-home sector with the purchase of Primesight and Outdoor Plus. Here, experts share their views on the surprise deal.

Declaring a ‘continued reboot’ of the agency, Y&R London has appointed Sophie Lewis as its new chief strategy officer.

Eve Kemanes and Andreea Nedelcu form the new senior creative team, whilst Paula Hochberg has been hired as senior copywriter and Athina Collaro as senior designer.

The package will bring together Sky Box Sets, which includes 400 its UK and US series, and the full Netflix service in a single on-demand service.

New research by the consumer magazine marketing body, Magnetic, reveals the extent of the role magazine brands can play in influencing purchasing habits within the homes and tech sectors.

Newsline presents a range of industry voices sharing their views on what they learned from Cologne’s digital marketing colossus.

This week, John Reynolds interviews the managing director of Dentsu Aegis Network (Edinburgh), Richard Gill, as well as the chief executive of 18 Feet & Rising, Jonathan Trimble.

Leading the pack across all national markets is The Sun, with a de-duplicated monthly total brand reach of 31.3m. The title also recorded the highest mobile reach across all markets at 22.2m.

The third quarter of cross-platform audience readership figures for magazine brands has been released by PAMCo today, covering the period July 2017 to June 2018 and incorporating May 2018 comScore data.