Alice in Medialand on the Evening Standard’s bizarre appointment.

Alongside Zohrer’s new role, Joe Brewer and Steve Ray have also been promoted to planning partners.

Analysis of ad campaigns placed within premium online platforms such as the Wall Street Journal has revealed a general uplift in attention and viewability rates compared with non-premium platforms.

While a number of online news sites recorded a decline in traffic in February, the Independent’s digital audience was up by more than 13%.

Amid a sea of declines, The Times is continuing to do something right, with both its daily and Sunday editions managing to increase their circulations over the year, according to the latest ABC results for February.

Following a successful pilot phase, Sky Media said it is ready to develop the Sky Audio Visual Exchange – bringing programmatic TV to the UK for the first time.

Chandler’s appointment is part of a wider restructure of the organisation, which will see Tim Elkington become chief digital officer and Alex Kozloff chief operating officer.

After 18 years of service, Ian Twinn, ISBA’s director of public affairs, has announced plans to retire from the advertiser trade body.

OMD’s Sarah Gale discusses how the role of media researchers has changed over the last two decades – and what the next five years might bring.

Speaking at the Future of Media Research conference, comScore’s Paul Goode discussed a subject that is beginning to generate much interest in adland: what is the value of context in advertising – and can research quantify it?