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ITV’s managing director of online, Paul Kanareck, is to leave the company after seven years as part of the broadcaster’s strategy overhaul.

After months of scandals and scrutiny, Facebook’s year just got worse: the social media giant has reported its first drop in European daily active users since 2009.

EBX, the new digital ad sales partnership between four major European broadcasters, has hired Clear Channel’s Damon Westbury as commercial director.

The broadcaster beat expectations for 4%, with pre-tax profit growing to £864m from £803m for the year end to June.

Keith Weed, chief marketing and communications officer at consumer goods behemoth Unilever, will be taking over as the new president of the Advertising Association later this year.

ITV has seen a strong performance in the first six months of the year, as World Cup coverage and Love Island has seen viewership numbers skyrocket and total ad revenue grow 2%.

Mark Howley assumes the newly created role of chief operating officer, Publicis Media UK, while Natalie Cummins takes on the top job at Zenith UK.

Love Island and the World Cup helped secure a 22.9% surge in revenues for ITV in June. Total revenues reached almost £117m last month – a boost of £21.7m on the previous year.

Over 50% of Guardian Media Group (GMG)’s revenue now comes via digital channels, offsetting declines in newsstand sales and print advertising revenues.

A new report from Meetrics has revealed that viewability rates for display campaigns in the UK in Q2 2018 decreased by -1% from Q1 to 58%, which is lower than the international rate of 61%.