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Spark Foundry, Publicis’s recently rebranded Mediavest, has appointed John Antoniades as its managing director, global business, starting with immediate effect.

Key Capital Partners has taken a significant minority stake in the independent performance media agency.

Agencies and media owners will have the odd punch-up from time to time – but it is much better for everyone if the starting point is that they are essentially partners who have the occasional fight, writes Dominic Mills.

Sir Martin Sorrell takes “appropriate measures” on his own IT staff.

WPP said it was taking “appropriate measures”, but some Twitter users reported that entire office systems were down, with a demand to decrypt files in exchange for money.

Bob Wootton examines the driving forces that have led to a rare joint call from the bodies representing agencies and clients over data accountability.

Reporting to Sam Finlay, chief revenue officer, Barrass will act as the strategic lead on all key client and agency trading relationships for the publisher.

New business Harbour hopes to provide independents with the benefits of being part of a network with none of the misery. Can it work? Dominic Mills investigates.

Advertisers in the media and entertainment category are most confident about seeing growth this year – closely followed by advertisers in pharmaceuticals and healthcare – according to new research from Zenith.

The pay-TV and broadband rivals will add Virgin’s 3.7 million homes to the AdSmart network, giving total access to more than 30 million targetable TV viewers in the UK and Ireland.