The best ads of 2015 – the professionals pick their favourites
From the heartwarming to the worthy, here are the ads our contributors liked the most
MediaGuardian 100: why 1 billion users put Facebook back on top
The 15th edition of the media power list finds change in the air, with digital challengers elbowing aside older moguls – but a long way to go on diversity
Mark Zuckerberg returns to top of MediaGuardian 100 power list
Facebook founder’s extraordinary year propels him to top spot of list that has highest proportion of women in its 15-year history
Advertising’s promised land has become a digital desert
Print ad revenues were already tailing away. But the Daily Mail’s latest results are an ominous signal that online is fading too
Twitter UK names sales chief Dara Nasr as new managing director
Former Google executive to replace Bruce Daisley at head of British operation
Mail Online US almost doubles advertising growth
American operation reports 68% surge in ads in first eight weeks of Daily Mail & General Trust’s new financial year
Mail Online misses £80m revenue target
Daily Mail & General Trust reports decline in print advertising of 12% in second half of financial year as online operation’s annual growth slows to 16%
Harry Potter producer joins with NBC Universal to make TV production firm
David Heyman, who is producing JK Rowling prequel Fantastic Beasts, says he will build ‘ambitious and varied slate of shows’ through Heyday Television
EE TV adds 25 new channels including Discovery and UKTV portfolio
Customers can pay £4.99 a month for programmes from National Geographic, British Eurosport, History, Sony and Cartoon Network
Rightster chief out after just nine months as Ashley MacKenzie returns
Patrick Walker to move into non-executive director role as digital video business conducts strategic review
Newspapers face up to the ad crunch in print and digital
As the top ten print advertisers strip their budgets, digital ad growth is hit by slowdown
Warner Bros’ Josh Berger tipped to chair BFI
Head of US movie company based in the UK emerges as favourite to replace Greg Dyke at film body, with Sir Howard Stringer also in the running
Deezer looks to raise at least €300m from stock market flotation
French music service raises funds to take on rivals Spotify and Apple Music
Wallace and Gromit creator boosts profits as TV ad division takes off
Aardman Animations sees pre-tax profits rise by more than 60% to £3.3m
Twitter slashes global workforce as it struggles for growth
Company will cut up to 336 jobs in attempt to create growth under recently returned chief executive Jack Dorsey