Metro has announced the appointment of Martin Ashplant to the newly-created role of digital director, starting from January 2016.

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Previously serving as CEO, Americas for Xaxis, Gleason succeeds Brian Lesser who moves to GroupM as CEO, North America.

While the majority of circulations remained fairly static in October, the Daily Star saw solid circulation increases.

Ignoring all current medical advice warning against sedentary lifestyles, Britons will watch an average of 5.7 hours of TV a day this Christmas across various screens.

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Essence, whose clients include the Financial Times, Google, HP and Tesco Mobile, will continue to operate as an independent brand within WPP and GroupM, WPP’s global media investment management division.

Scott Havens will become Bloomberg Media’s global head of digital from 16 November.

BuzzFeed, Sky Media and Mindshare are just a few of the top names joining Mediatel for the annual Media Playground event next week.

As Rajar publishes its third quarter results for the radio market, Carat’s AV planning team assesses the data.