Theresa May is to become the first British prime minister to feature on the cover of "American Vogue." The cover was orchestrated, in secret, by editor Anna Wintour. The cover shot of May was taken last week by esteemed photographer Annie Leibovitz at Chequers, the prime minister's country retreat. May's magazine spread will appear in the April edition of Vogue, which goes on sale in March.

Exterion Media has appointed Barclay's Josko Grljevic to the newly created role of UK and group chief technology officer, to lead the company's transition to a digital media company. In the new role, Grljevic will be responsible for technology, new platforms and strategy to digitise the company's business model. He will commence his role on 8 February 2017.

Some 67 agencies have been selected for the UK government's Crown Commercial Service (CCS) agency roster for digital and social media marketing. From this roster, 69% are SMEs and 44% are "new to government business". Across four years, the combined value of the contracts is expected to equal GBP42m.

Six months after press regulator IPSO launched a libel and privacy disputes arbitration scheme, it has attracted zero claimants. But it has no plans to change the scheme despite an external review recommendation that it lower the fees if there were no takers.

One of the world's leading economic organisations has raised its growth forecast for the UK after figures were stronger than forecast in the second half of 2016. In an update to its global growth projections, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said domestic demand in the United Kingdom "held up better than expected in the aftermath of the Brexit vote."

Rovio, the Finnish mobile games company, is opening a studio in London that will focus on developing "massive multiplayer online" games as it seeks to reduce its dependence on its fading Angry Birds franchise. The company said it chose London after considering and rejecting several other European locations in what is being seen as another vote of confidence in the British economy.

AudienceScience is the latest ad-tech outfit to confirm a significant number of cuts from its total headcount, with initial reports citing sources familiar with the move claiming its could see as many as a quarter of its total workforce depart.

BT is launching a new service for its customers that it says could block up to 30 million such nuisance calls a week. Called BT Call Protect, the system analyses call data to identify rogue numbers. Typically it will highlight phone numbers that make large numbers of calls. Those calls will then be automatically diverted into a junk voicemail box.

News UK, Trinity Mirror, Guardian Media Group and Telegraph Media Group have been working with DMGT since last summer on the drive, previously called Project Juno and now dubbed Project Rio, in the face of plunging print ad revenues. It is understood that DMG Media, the consumer publishing arm of DMGT, will remain on the sidelines of the project, rather than cutting all links.

An inquiry into "fake news" is set to be launched by an influential cross-party committee of MPs within months amid fears that the phenomenon is undermining democracy. Executives at Facebook, Google and Twitter are expected to be called into Parliament and grilled on whether they are doing enough to stop the trend.