Industry Moves Round-Up: Bauer Digital Directors, Sion Simon MP, BBC Research

Bauer Media: Is anyone left running online at the magazine/radio firm? Group digital MD Tony Kypreos left in November, leaving online staffers reporting instead to other group CEOs or MDs, the company tells NMA. Digital marketing director Carl Lyons has joined restaurant booker TopTable. Richard Phillips replaced Kurt Edwards as digital commercial director this month; Edwards left for rival Future.

Sion Simon MP: The junior DCMS minister who was helping pilot the Digital Economy Bill will step down next week to run to be Birmingham mayor. Via Guardian.co.uk.

BBC research: Because those iPlayer views just keep going up – Auntie has hired Davie Tayloe, a former researcher at clothes retailer New Look, as research manager for its future media and technology department. Via Research Live.