By Angela Haggerty

Metro managing director (MD) Steve Auckland is leaving the company to become chief executive of ESI Media companies ESL, IPL and ESTV.

Auckland will take up the role in October and the move follows the departure of group MD Andrew Mullins a week ago. A statement from ESI Media said that Auckland would help the company grow the London Evening Standard into multiplatform London media brand across print, digital and TV video, and oversee the wider transition from print to digital of the Independent brands.

Auckland will also take London Live, the local TV station launched by the group in March, “to Read full story ›

Source: The Drum