The Ozone Project, a joint digital ad sales house for publishers, has announced three new appointments to its marketing, trading and account management functions.

LBC News will feature seasoned presenters including former Sky News anchor Martin Stanford, ITV News sports correspondent Ian Payne and LBC veterans Jim Diamond and Lisa Aziz.

Media and entertainment group Global has acquired MMD Media’s network of digital forecourt signs in Dutch petrol stations.

Spotify is investing in three distinct areas to ensure it remains a successful proposition as the audio marketplace evolves: content, discovery and access.

With plans to launch curated driving playlists and increase investment in podcasts, audio streaming service Spotify has declared that it is “absolutely focused” on growing its share of in-car listening.

In a survey of over 1000 employees from timeTo’s endorsing companies, one in ten respondents claimed to have experienced sexual harassment during the past 12 months.

Amy Watt has been appointed chief strategy officer of full-service media agency dentsu X, five months after Dentsu announced it would be merging three of its agencies under the brand for the UK market.

From next year, the ad industry may see gaming emerge as a new, independent media channel, industry experts have predicted this week.

WPP-owned agency MediaCom has promoted Steve Gladdis to EMEA chief strategy officer, with Geoff de Burca succeeding him as UK CSO.

Channel 4 has restructured its advertising sales division, 4Sales, to increase its focus on branded entertainment, growing its digital revenues, and boosting direct-to-client sales.