After almost 20 years of working across press, radio and online, Darling is to shift its focus to its growing artist management and music consultancy business run by Ed Cartwright, Dan Stevens and David Laub.

A statement from the company said: "Over the years Darling has launched the careers of hundreds of artists, from Fatboy Slim to The Killers, Justice to Mos Def, as well as some of the music industry's finest publicists."

The majority of Darling's roster will continue ...