Digitalbox plc, the mobile-first digital media business, which owns the websites Entertainment Daily, The Daily Mash, The Poke, The Tab and TV Guide, has announced the appointment of Claire Blunt as an independent non-executive director, with immediate effect. She is to sit on the audit and nomination committees and become chair of the remuneration committee.

Blunt is chair of the digital music rights management business, One Media IP Group Plc.

Blunt brings operational digital and PLC experience from her senior roles at leading companies in the media industry. She was the chief operating officer of Future plc, a FTSE 250 global platform for specialist media businesses and, prior to that, chief advertising officer and CEO, International for the Guardian Media Group.

Blunt also previously worked in Hearst Corporation’s UK & European business, latterly as chief financial operations and data officer. Earlier in her career, she held senior finance positions at BrightHouse, HobbyCraft and Staples.