Johnston Press offers staff ‘enhanced’ terms to leave
Publisher announces new redundancy programme
Buzzfeed hires first European advertising executive
Will Hayward to join social news site's London office from Wall Street Journal and recruit sales team. By Josh Halliday
Mobile advertising: publishers aim to ring up profits
Sun experiments with in-app ads in users' timeline, while new US exchange sparks interest by offering location-based sales. By Lisa O'Carroll
Auteur ads survive and thrive in the YouTube era
Emma Brockes: Two new advertisements that have become viral hits prove that, even in slipshod times, quality writing is still king
Publicis Groupe buys Poke
World's third biggest communications group acquires digital creative agency, in which ad agency Mother has majority stake. By Mark Sweney
Twitter buys mobile advertising startup MoPub in biggest acquisition to date
Purchase for around $350m in stock potentially puts Twitter ahead of Facebook in the ad technology game. By Samuel Gibbs
Internet keeps messages flowing despite election media blackout
The limitations imposed on Australian TV and radio do not apply to digital media, and campaigners are taking full advantage
Lady Gaga’s Applause becomes 10 billionth tag on Shazam app
Mobile app's 70m users are now tagging more than 100m songs, TV shows and ads a week, and buying $300m of music downloads a year. By Stuart Dredge
Facebook spammers make $200m just posting links, researchers say
Italian researchers uncover price lists for posting third-party links to Facebook fan pages - and calculate that they earn substantial amounts for most popular ones. By Charles Arthur
Virgin Media signs Christine Ohuruogu to be part of advertising campaign
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah joined by World Champion sprinter who has signed a reported six-figure sponsorship deal. By Mark Sweney
Rare Bauhaus artwork in Christie’s poster collection auction
Joost Schmidt poster designed for 1923 Bauhuas exhibition in Weimar among 100 for sale from Dutch collector
News Corp reveals plan to boost advertising following paywall launch
Move, to be used by Sun, Times and Wall Street Journal, will cut out use of third-party ad networks selling online ad space. By Mark Sweney
iTunes Radio tipped for September launch with big brands on board
McDonald's, Pepsi and Nissan among launch advertisers for Apple's personal-radio service, which is expected to debut in the US alongside new iPhones. By Stuart Dredge
Barnes & Noble brought to book for e-reader campaign
Book retailer criticised by advertising watchdog for running out of stock straight after nationwide campaign for Nook e-reader. By Mark Sweney
How to build tomorrow’s media company – an 11-point strategy
Roy Greenslade presents another extract from the updated second edition of the book about local journalism, What do we mean by local? It's by Jim Chisholm