Sky has agreed to sell a controlling stake in its online betting and gaming business, Sky Bet, to CVC Capital Partners in a deal worth £800 million.

The IPA’s annual survey of employment trends in media, advertising and marketing agencies, published today, shows a 7% increase in overall employee numbers.

This week’s winner has got Mirror readers’ hearts racing (with high blood pressure), with a breakfast offering too good to refuse.

The ad industry not only needs to diversify its workforce – it also needs to represent Britain more accurately in its output, writes Dominic Mills.

AMC Networks is responsible for popular programmes including The Walking Dead, Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

A number of important groups in British society are still under-represented in the advertising industry, writes Dominic Mills – and if industry doesn’t bite the bullet soon, there’s a danger it will fall even further behind.

Premium ad network Unanimis, wholly owned by Orange, has been sold to ad tech firm Switch for an undisclosed sum.

As the way in which we shop evolves and consumer expectations change, Lee Anderson, head of marketing at Primesight, discusses how Britain’s ailing high streets could be re-invigorated.

Tony Hall has announced plans to address the on and off-screen representation of the Black, Asian and minority ethnic community at the BBC, saying that although the BBC gets much right on diversity, more could be done.

Current mobile trends are no real indicator of where we might end up, says Simon Andrews, founder of Addictive! – and the size of the mobile opportunity means that everyone needs to get involved.