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CB News has named Groupe Figaro its 2026 media group of the year, with M6's David Larramendy taking the 'media personality' prize.

The ADMTV and specialist DK have launched a metric measuring CO2e per completed viewed second per 1,000 contacts — and it shows social video far out-emitting TV.

A new tool from Royal Mail Marketreach, JICMAIL and Adwanted lets planners buy direct mail and door-drops alongside regional OOH, radio and cinema for the first time.

Radiocentre is urging the government to delay any early Freeview switch-off, warning it could push radio transmission costs up more than 50% and threaten station closures.

Channel 4 has confirmed around 340 redundancies — roughly 28% of staff — in its biggest-ever restructure, as CEO Priya Dogra accelerates a streaming-first strategy.

Omnicom-owned media agency UM Deutschland has elevated Felix Schneider to Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer, moving to a dual-leadership model alongside CEO Stefanie Tannrath.

MV Group's independent media agency Good Buy Media has named Doris Madingou director-general after nearly a decade at the firm, alongside two Paris hires and three account wins.

B2B media group Infopro Digital has appointed Jérémy Terrier deputy CEO of its advertising sales division, Infopro Digital Media, succeeding Erik-Marie Bion.

Catholic media group Bayard is airing a daily YouTube newscast to cover Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, pooling editorial resources from La Croix, Le Pèlerin and Prions en Église.

France's out-of-home leader JCDecaux won the top prize at CB News' annual Grand Prix des Régies, anchored by its viral Céline Dion street-furniture campaign in Paris.

My Code, billed as the largest US multicultural media and marketing company, has appointed a new chief revenue officer, chief financial officer and chief operating officer as it pushes deeper into video and CTV.

Percy Smend, Chief Client Officer of WPP Germany, is departing — a senior exit worth watching for what it signals about holding-company client relationships amid industry upheaval.

Friendventure's Julian Hansmann has bundled six owner-managed German digital agencies into Friends Digital Group — the squeezed middle of the agency market answering scale with consolidation.

Brandtech Group's Jellyfish has hired Seun Odeneye from IPG as chief media officer to embed AI across its media practice — a talent move that signals where the media market is tilting.

Big broadcaster sales houses are chasing the long tail of SME advertisers — a notable expansion of TV and CTV's addressable market in France.

A structural shift in French streaming: Disney+ lands M6's biggest shows, reshaping where French audiences — and ad money — go.

Omnicom media agency UM successfully defended the media mandate for European public broadcaster Arte in a competitive pitch, retaining the incumbent relationship.

The French public broadcaster launched a back-to-school self-promotion under the paradoxical line 'the screen that inspires screen-free time', riding the screen-time public-health wave.

Libération has rehired Jean-Michel Lopes as director of its advertising régie, overseeing print, digital and events monetisation, with a pitch of 'attention over impressions'.

Kids-media publisher Unique Heritage Media introduced 'Tribu L'hebdo', a weekly print title for 8-12 year-olds, betting on print subscriptions in a screen-heavy world.