Suzanne Bearne

NME Awards

YouTube hands over ad sales to publishers

Suzanne Bearne

YouTube has struck its first deals allowing publishers to sell advertising around their own content on the video-sharing site. Bauer and IPC Media are the first magazine publishers to sell advertising themselves on their channels for popular magazine brands including NME, Nuts, FHM and Kerrang!.

Neighbours

Five launches soaps site

Suzanne Bearne

Five has launched Holy Soap, a non-branded TV soaps site, showcasing news and gossip about rival broadcasters’ shows such as Coronation Street and EastEnders.

Joanna Shields to leave AOL

Suzanne Bearne

Joanna Shields, president of AOL’s People Network division, is to leave the company. According to a leaked memo on technology news site All Things Digital, AOL People Networks CEO Tim Armstrong said Shields had decided to move back to London. “Joanna Shields has decided to step down from her role as president of People Networks/European […]