The head of the National Union of Journalists, Michelle Stanistreet, said union representatives made it clear at a recent meeting they were prepared to "take strike action to defend jobs and to defend members at risk". The statement is the strongest indication yet that the BBC will face stiff opposition from the union if it decides news programming will be pared back to help make up the GBP700m cost of providing free licence fees to the over-75s.

Whyte will start in early November, heading up Posterscope, psLIVE and PSI UK. The current chief executive, Annie Rickard, will move into the role of UK chairman, allowing her to focus on international growth across both psLIVE and Posterscope Worldwide, the company said. Whyte joins from Netventure Consulting, a company he launched four years ago to provide strategic and commercial advice to digital media, marketing and ad tech businesses.

BA has appointed Avis marketer Troy Warfield as its new director of customer experience as it continues to reshape its marketing team. Warfield's responsibilities include the British Airways brand, customer experience and service proposition. He will also oversee more than 14,000 cabin crew and all customer insight, customer relations, product development and partnership activity. He will report into executive chairman Keith Williams and become an executive director of the main board of BA.

The supermarket will sell products from its Taste the Difference and So Organic brands through Alibaba's Tmall as it looks to target the platform's 'emerging middle class' shopper. It marks the first time Sainsbury's has made a move into the Chinese market. Alibaba's Tmall Global platform allows it to do so with relatively low risk as it bypasses the need for a mainland business licence, which would require it to set up a physical store in the region.

Morrisons will continue to focus on improving the in-store shopping experience rather than investing in pricey above-the-line campaigns, according to the supermarket's chief executive David Potts. Since joining Morrisons in March, Potts has adopted a quieter approach to advertising, with a recent TV ad celebrating the return of manned checkouts a rare example of TV spend. In fact, the Bradford-based supermarket brand dropped its ad spend by 33% year-on-year for the first half of 2015.

Dawn Airey, Yahoo's top European executive, is to leave the company to "pursue external opportunities" after just over two years. Airey, the former Channel 5, Sky and ITV senior executive who is currently advising the government on BBC charter renewal, has left the company with immediate effect. Airey, hired in August 2013 after a protracted hunt that took almost a year, held the title of senior vice president of Europe, Middle East and Africa.

The New York-based agency won the account after a competitive pitch against Tribal, FuseProject and the incumbent, Dare. Razorfish will be responsible for the GBP3m account, which will see work run in markets including Asia, Canada and Europe. The agency will report to Aviva's chief digital officer, Andrew Brem, who joined the business in August last year and was tasked with heading its digital transformation.

The advertising agency that created the image of a tiny Ed Miliband poking out of Alex Salmond's pocket is relishing the chance to turn its creative guns on Jeremy Corbyn. M&C Saatchi created posters in the run-up to the general election that included a wrecking ball smashing through a sign emblazoned with the slogan "A recovering economy: don't let Labour wreck it", as well as billboards that suggested Labour's leader at the time would end up in the pocket of the Scottish National Party.

The planning and buying review is being managed directly by the company, and agencies have been asked to submit RFPs. E.ON expects to make an appointment by the end of the year. MediaCom currently handles the GBP8.5 million business in the UK. Earlier this year, E.ON consolidated its advertising and CRM activity in the UK into Engine after a review run by ISBA. The account is being led by the Engine agency Partners Andrews Aldridge.

The Department for Work and Pensions is searching for a creative agency to promote the new working-age benefit, Universal Credit. The process is being run through the Crown Commercial Service. The successful agency will be appointed on a three-year contract. The benefit, which was unveiled in 2013, provides a basic allowance and extra support for children, disability, housing and caring.