Lee Mabey, head of agency partnerships at Ladbible, is to become group digital director of Hearst’s digital sales team, alongside hires from Havas, Guardian and Maxus.

The impact of voting to leave the EU might have seen share prices fall for some publishers, but newspaper sales certainly received a boost – at least in the short-term.

Stack I/O has been launched in response to growing demand from clients for better objectivity and transparency.

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For the first time, Spotify has automated its audio advertising inventory following deals with Rubicon Project and AppNexus.

Zenith’s latest report estimates that consumers around the world will spend an average of 19.7 minutes a day viewing online videos on smartphones and tablets – a 39% year on year increase.

As the IPA publishes its latest Bellwether Report for Q2 2016, senior figures from around the industry react to the results.

Due to the uncertain outlook following the outcome of the EU referendum, IPA Bellwether has downgraded its adspend forecasts for both 2016 and 2017.

Digital adspend for the Asia-Pacific region is expected to rise 18.2% in 2016 to $59.7 billion.

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