Nigel Clarkson to leave Primesight for LivingSocial

Nigel Clarkson, sales and marketing director at Primesight, is leaving the outdoor media owner to join daily deals site LivingSocial as its head of sales for the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and the Nordic region.

Trend report: Can media help save the high street?

We are just over a month into the year and have already seen the stores La Senza and Peacocks fall into the hands of the administrators. Mark Banham talks to the media industry to gauge how it is planning to address retail challenges to help rescue the high street.

My Media Week: Mark Halliday

This week we contacted our Media Week Awards media agency Rising Star, Mark Halliday, head of mobile at Manning Gottlieb OMD, as he throws a tantrum after Arsenal lose, discovers his leadership style and worries about his new company headshot (this is the new one, by the way).

My Media World: Martin Muncaster

Martin Muncaster, head of solutions at City AM, spent his early media years monitoring the travel press at BLM and gets annoyed with people who pull out of events at the last minute.

Yahoo launches search tool for iPhone and Android apps

Yahoo has launched an app search engine, which enables UK smartphone users to find and download apps for both iPhone and Android devices.

News International's Alex Hole resurfaces at Amazon

Amazon has appointed former News International digital executive Alex Hole as advertising sales director.

Murdoch takes to Twitter to rubbish Sun on Sunday story

Rupert Murdoch has taken to social network Twitter to deny a report relating to his company, which claimed the launch of a new Sunday tabloid had been put on hold because of the arrest of four Sun journalists.

Guardian's chief rules out 'closing in and having a paywall'

Andrew Miller, chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, has ruled out erecting a paywall as he tries to stem £40m in annual losses with an ongoing restructure and redundancy programme, although he admitted "things may change".

Mindshare set to take £12m Post Office media while UM London poised for Royal Mail

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The Post Office is poised to award its £12m media planning and buying account to WPP agency Mindshare, while Interpublic Group's UM London is in pole position to take the £2m media business for The Royal Mail.