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The appointment will cover publications across the group’s portfolio, including the Express and Star titles and its range of celebrity magazines.

He also highlighted the appointment in relation to the launch of Northern & Shell’s proposed new London free evening title.

Myerson said the group was still waiting for an Office of Fair Trading ruling on whether its rival Associated’s exclusive Evening Standard and Metro distribution deal with London Underground and the railways is a breach of competition rules, but added: “We believe this appointment demonstrates our commitment to the paper’s launch.”