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Ozone appoints Stephen Windegaard to new role of Programmatic Sales Lead

Ozone appoints Stephen Windegaard to new role of Programmatic Sales Lead

Stephen Windegaard has been appointed to the new position of Programmatic Sales Lead. Reporting directly to Craig Tuck, Chief Revenue Officer, Stephen will be responsible for building and nurturing Ozone’s relationships with the programmatic operations and trading desks of UK agencies and advertisers.

Shopping hits weekly high as Brits go pancake potty (w.e February 26)

Shopping hits weekly high as Brits go pancake potty (w.e February 26)

Our Shopping content enjoyed its highest ever seven day engagement figure last week, with interest in Grocery Shopping for Pancake Day a big page views driver. Expect more seasonal shopping growth with Mother’s Day and Easter coming up in the next six weeks.

Television grows on Love Island, BAFTAs and Sport (w.e February 19)

Television grows on Love Island, BAFTAs and Sport (w.e February 19)

Last week, our Television content enjoyed its highest levels of engagement of the year. With reader interest high in the biggest telly events, our publisher content is a key way for readers to extend their viewing passions beyond the box.

Significant shareholder investment follows strong 2022

Significant shareholder investment follows strong 2022

In another major milestone for Ozone in our first five years, a new wave of funding has been announced by our shareholders – founding publishers News UK, Reach plc, Guardian Media Group and Telegraph Media Group – to allow us to build on our stellar growth last year.

The BRITS amps up Music & Audio engagement (w.e February 12)

The BRITS amps up Music & Audio engagement (w.e February 12)

The only direction for Harry Styles was up last week as the former boy band star and solo artist picked up major prizes at the Grammy’s and the BRITS. With interest in this year’s BRITS already high due to the awards being gender neutral for the first time, engagement with our Music & Audio content grew.

Rugby grows on Six Nations Championship fever (w.e February 5)

Rugby grows on Six Nations Championship fever (w.e February 5)

Last week was a significant week for Sport, with the content breaching more than 50m page views for the third time this year. Reader interest was high with our Football and Rugby content topics as the January transfer window closed and the 2023 Six Nations Championships kicked off.

Ozone announced senior internal promotions following 2022 success

Ozone announced senior internal promotions following 2022 success

We are delighted to end January with a swathe of internal promotions – including four senior appointments in our Operations and Commercial teams – as the business aligns itself for further growth in 2023.

Five star Movies engagement on Oscars interest (w.e January 29)

Five star Movies engagement on Oscars interest (w.e January 29)

The final week of the first month of the year was a glitzy affair as the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were revealed. As we’ve seen previously, there was engagement growth for our Movies content, up +18% week on week.