"The Telegraph" believes an increase in the cost of Premier League football rights was mostly to blame for Sky's operating profits falling 11%. Perhaps it is little surprise, then, that the results announcement coincided with the unveiling of a GBP250m deal with HBO to produce two "high-end drama" series per year from 2018.

The Duke of York, Prince Andrew writes today in "The Drum" of how important science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are in education to ensure that the future UK workforce is ready for the challenges ahead.

Theresa May has responded to criticism after she ruled out a leaders' debate by confirming that she is willing to be interviewed on television by journalists and take questions from the public.

The former Chancellor will not stand in June's election so he can devote more time to editing "The Evening Standard," the "Press Gazette" reports. His resignation letter said he was quitting the House of Commons "for now," hinting that he may one day consider a return.

The new version of Google Earth allows users to be guided around the planet's natural wildlife habitats by none other than Sir David Attenborough. According to the BBC, several other content partners are involved in providing tours of some of the globe's most impressive areas of natural interest.

The IMF has upgraded growth forecasts for the UK economy. "Sky News" reports that growth for 2017 has been revised from 1.5% to 2% and from 1.4% to 1.5% for 2018. It is the organisation's second revision. Just six months ago it had predicted growth for 2017 would be just 0.9%.

Global brands are increasingly sending out integrated briefs, but agencies are reporting back that there are still too many that silo campaigns to specific channels. That's the finding of the latest survey from The World Federation of Advertisers and The Observatory International, "Campaign" reports.

The latest IPA Bellwether report shows that the outlook for marketing budgets is positive, with nearly 12% of companies predicting spending will increase in the first quarter of 2017, "Campaign" reports. Just over a quarter of marketers believe budgets will increase next year.

In a pattern that is familiar to many in digital marketing, just as Snapchat unveils a new augmented reality feature, called World Lenses, Facebook announces that it too is working on an AR offering. However, eMarketer points out that it is hardly surprising both are utilising the latest technology because it has been gaining a lot of traction of late.

There will be no repeat of the leaders' debate that captivated audience in the last two general elections as Cameron and Brown and then Cameron, Milliband and Clegg duked it out on ITV, Sky, Channel 4 and the BBC. Number 10 has ruled out a tv debate ahead of June's election, prompting consternation from political opponents, "Press Gazette" reports.