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ITV has announced plans to raise £120 million through a bond issue and keep its digital television business SDN.

Clear Channel Outdoor UK has retained the contract to sell advertising at Sainsbury’s stores across the UK.

Charging for online content is vital for commercial media, said Luke Bradley-Jones, executive vice-president and managing director of BBC.com, at yesterday’s AOP Summit.

Online publishers need to have “sustainable distinctive content” if they want to charge for access, Emap CEO David Gilbertson told an AOP Summit yesterday.

The Economist is erecting a paywall around online content which is more than 90 days old, beginning next Tuesday (13 October).

Google has appointed Torsten Schuppe as its first marketing director for the UK and Ireland.

The new video-on-demand service from Arqiva will be called SeeSaw, the company’s chief executive Pierre-Jean Sebert told delegates at the Cannes Mipcom TV market.

Clear Channel Outdoor UK chief executive Barry Sayer is leaving the company to join the consortium bidding for Independent News & Media’s South African outdoor business.

Time Inc is gathering US publishers together to create a digital store for magazines and possibly newspapers.

Financial Times chief executive John Ridding believes newspapers should start charging for online content to ensure the future of quality journalism.