YouTube-specialist ad agency Channel Factory has hired Maria Cadbury to lead the business in the UK as managing director.

Following a few months of seesawing figures, television revenues had a more stable month in May – recording only minimal changes year-on-year according to UK agency estimates.

ISBA, the professional body representing UK advertisers, has appointed procurement specialist Andrew Lowdon as its new director of agency services.

Jez Proctor joins as UK managing director, while Amanda Glasgow joins as head of experience, EMEA.

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The latest cross-platform audience figures reveal an almost universal decline in print readership across the sector, though many titles are successfully offsetting those declines with growing digital reach.

The latest cross-platform audience figures for UK newsbrands show a growth in readership on the whole – although print reach was down unanimously across the market.

Dan Clays succeeds Philippa Brown, who was recently named CEO of PHD Worldwide, and will report to Mike Cooper, group CEO EMEA & Asia Pacific at Omnicom Media Group.

David Bedford, who is the former head of planning at Gyro, joins the Cheil board’s digital leadership group providing direction to internal teams as well as building client relationships.

The UK’s largest out-of-home business, JCDecaux, has promoted Mark Bucknell to chief commercial officer, following the promotion of Dallas Wiles to Co-CEO in April 2019.