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James Whitmore, the long-serving boss of out-of-home audience research body Route, is to step down due to health reasons.

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GroupM has appointed Karen Blackett OBE as its new UK CEO, with Tom George stepping down after two years in the role.

From June brands will be able to advertise against event cinema productions in the UK for the first time, including screenings of live events such as theatre, ballet and concerts.

News UK’s Wireless and Bauer Media are launching a new digital audio company for the UK ad market: Octave Audio.

Channel 4 has hired Clare Peters to lead its newly created client sales team within its ad sales division, 4Sales.

The ABC has today been named as the third-party auditor for the next wave of the IAB UK’s Gold Standard initiative, a project that seeks to boost trust and transparency in online advertising.

Lythe will lead the agency’s investment team in the UK, overseeing all of Spark Foundry’s media investments, trading activities and commercial partnerships.

James White, formerly ESI Media’s chief trading officer, has been named as the new commercial director of the publisher’s newsbrand the Evening Standard, a newly created role.

As public favourability towards advertising declines, a new paper from the industry’s Trust Working Group has identified practical steps advertisers can take to counter the problem.