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ITV has appointed former GCap CEO Fru Hazlitt to the newly created role of managing director of commercial and online.

Five chairman and chief executive Dawn Airey has joined movie rental service LoveFilm as non-executive director, with immediate effect.

Network Rail has awarded two new advertising contracts – worth around £260 million over five years – to JCDecaux and Primesight.

Revenues at UTV Media were up 2% on a like for like basis in the four months to the end of April.

Aegis has reported 1.1% year on year growth in organic revenues for the first quarter of the year.

The Independent could go free within the M25, owner Evgeny Lebedev said in his first interview since buying the paper.

KBH Transport Media, which specialises in traincards on rail routes into London, has launched new packages aimed at advertisers using smaller or more targeted budgets.

Trinity Mirror has reported a year on year fall of 5% in like for like revenues for the first 17 weeks of the year, with group ad revenue also down 5%.

Johnston Press has reported a 7.1% year on year fall in advertising revenues for the 18 weeks to 8 May 2010.

Trade magazine publisher Centaur Media has reported a 5% year on year increase in advertising revenues at its publishing business, led by a 20% increase in recruitment advertising.