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Centaur chief executive and MD resign amid "weak performance"

Arif Durrani — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:43:00 GMT

Centaur Media, the business information, events and marketing services group, has announced the exit of chief executive Geoff Wilmot and managing director Tim Potter in its interim report in which it delivered "modest profit", said to be "below market expectations".

Future appoints Tino Cennamo to head international business

Louise Ridley — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:43:00 GMT

Future publishing has hired Tino Cennamo, a digital executive at Italian publisher Editoriale Domus, as managing director of international businesses for its key north European markets.

News International to charge £2 per week for Sun+ access

Arif Durrani — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:33:00 GMT

News International Group has today announced its long-awaited paywall for The Sun website will launch on 1 August and cost £2 per week.

Watch out adland, Silicon Valley wants your people, as well as your money

Opinion — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT

Nicola Mendelsohn's move from Karmarama to Facebook continues a worrying brain drain for advertising, says Daniel Joseph, director at The App Business.

BT begins £100m ad blitz to promote BT Sport

Arif Durrani — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:23:00 GMT

BT has set aside £100 million to promote its new sports channels, as it attempts to overthrow two decades of football dominance by BSkyB ahead of next season's Premier League.

Hearst Magazines appoints president of digital media

Gordon MacMillan — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:39:00 GMT

Hearst Magazines has created the position of president of digital media and appointed Troy Young from Say Media to the role.

Bauer's Karen Stacey talks about the next chapter of Kiss

Opinion — Wed, 08 May 2013 15:44:00 GMT

Karen Stacey, head of broadcast sales at Bauer Media, talks about the evolution of the Kiss brand.

PPA PUBLISHING+: copyright laws 'not an attack on publishers' says Ed Vaizey

Louise Ridley — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:07:00 GMT

Ed Vaizey, the culture minister, today defended changes to UK copyright law, saying the Government wanted to create "a thriving publishing industry based on IP".

PPA PUBLISHING+: Print still brings in 78% of consumer mag revenue

Louise Ridley — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:34:00 GMT

Consumer magazine publishers still generate a massive 78% of their total revenues from their print products, according the fourth annual Publishing Futures report.

Facebook UK advisory board likely to help trial video ads

Arif Durrani — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:21:00 GMT

Facebook is set to launch video advertising in its newsfeed from July, a move that is likely to be high on the agenda when its newly established UK advisory board convenes for the first time this summer.

WAYN to offer sports content through CONTENTed deal

Arif Durrani — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:48:00 GMT

WAYN (Where Are You Now?), the travel and lifestyle social network, has created a talent deal with CONTENTed digital media to carry sports and entertainment programming across its network.

BSkyB pre-tax profits up 7.5% to £966m despite 2% ad decline

Maisie McCabe — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:09:00 GMT

BSkyB has reported pre-tax profits up 7.5% to £966m in the nine months to 31 March 2013, after growth in divisions including digital TV service Sky Go offset slight declines in other areas, such as ad revenues.