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Following a tough month in June, July was also witness to some declines in TV revenues, although not quite as severe.

Condé Nast Britain, the publisher of Vanity Fair, Wired and Vogue, has appointed Sabine Vandenbroucke to the newly created role of chief operating officer.

The media group, which has interests in dozens of TV and radio stations in ten countries, will now own 100 per cent of the growing adtech business.

Cedric Rouse joins from OOH media owner Admedia, where he has spent the last seven years building their sales operations – most recently as head of agency sales.

The latest ABC regional newspaper results, covering the January – June 2017 period, reveal a consistently static picture for newspaper groups.

Reporting to Zenith’s global brand president Vittorio Bonori, Shah will join the network in September as managing director, UK Hub, where he will focus on driving collaboration for global, regional and local clients.

WPP revised its sales growth down from forecasts of 2% to just 0-1%, citing particular pressure in the FMCG or packaged goods sector and weak trading in America.

Datta joins from iProspect where she has been director of biddable activation for the past 18 months.

David Goggin will be responsible for the talent investment, development and training for the network’s five agency brands and associated practices, representing over 1,500 employees in the UK.