GroupM has hired former L’Oréal executive Aisha Khan to bolster the WPP media-buying division’s global ecommerce team.

Analysis: The streaming platform’s second upfront season brought many questions still.

Analysis: Returning TV shows that launched a new series on Netflix last year helped nearly double viewing numbers for older seasons. This will become even more important as streaming giants push their ad-supported tiers.

Exclusive: Paramount is rebranding Channel 5 to just 5 as part of plans to relaunch the public-service broadcaster across linear, streaming and digital platforms under one unified name, The Media Leader can reveal.

Analysis: Snapchat will look to help advertisers better measure their return on spend, with its first-party tools or by providing information for advertisers’ media mix modelling or multi-touch attribution reports.

A YouGov survey has revealed the worst popularity ratings for X (formerly Twitter) in the two years since Musk first declared his interest in taking over the platform. 

More than 20m UK homes now report having access to an SVOD service, according to Barb survey data, with Netflix accounting for the vast majority. 

The UK’s growing market is attributed to increasing online adspend and a surge in data consumption.

Sue Unerman, global chief strategy officer at Brainlabs, joins Omar Oakes to discuss leaving WPP’s EssenceMediacom after 34 years and “reinventing” herself at a very different agency.

Analysis: The tie-up highlights a focus on IP and news brands’ move to leverage their journalism.