Chris Duncan has been appointed the new CEO of Bauer Media’s UK publishing business, as Rob Munro-Hall is promoted to president of the publishing business globally.

ITV Commercial has unveiled a new ad proposition, ITV Hub Shout Outs, to enable advertisers to “inform and support the public” during the COVID-19 pandemic outside of linear TV campaigns.

Samsung’s ad-supported video service, Samsung TV Plus, has now been made available to brands and agencies in a number of European markets, following a series of advertising technology partnerships.

Sonic branding agency amp has seen Mastercard top its annual audio brand rankings in 2020, while last year’s winner, McDonalds, has been knocked out of the top five.

Indy media agency The Kite Factory has promoted its client service director James Smith to UK managing director after nine years with the business.

Radiocentre, the industry body for commercial radio, has launched a new advertising campaign to encourage advertisers to continue investing in the medium, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clark has close to three decades’ industry experience and joins Dentsu Aegis from Omnicom Group, where she had been CEO of ad network DBB Worldwide for two years.

Cannes Lions has today announced that its annual Festival of Creativity and awards has been cancelled for 2020 and will no longer take place in October as planned.

UK news publishers have rallied together to ask advertisers to support journalism during the Covid-19 pandemic, and help prevent the industry losing millions due to advertising ‘blocklists’.

WPP has withdrawn its guidance for 2020 and implemented a number of new measures in order to cut costs, following a “weaker” March performance amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.