Nearly two in three brands say they are planning to work with fewer agencies, according to industry research reported on in The Drum. The site believes brands see data as a means of keeping more control within their own marketing department, becoming less reliant on third parties.

The BBC's Technology Correspondent poses some interesting questions around what more the Government could be asking of the tech giants and what more they could legally offer to do. It ends on a warning that whatever Westminster agrees with the tech giants, terrorists could simply move on to sites and services offers outside the UK's regulatory reach.

Droga5 London has won Bowers & Wilkins' advertising account in a three-way shootout with Mother and VCCP, Campaign reports.

According to AAR figures in "Campaign" today, VCCP are again the pitch hot shots, winning 23 new accounts last year for the sixth time in a year.

The big prize that truly matters will be decided today but, for now, the Greens can take solace that according to research in Netimperative, the party has the best Web site of all the political parties, with the Lib Dems languishing in last place.

WPP shareholders are asking the company to devise a plan for life after Sir Martin Sorrell. The call came after a fifth of shareholders voted against his largest pay deal at the company's AGM yesterday, "The Times" reports.

"The Times" is claiming that the main political parties ditched YouTube advertising this week after their messages appeared alongside hate and extremist video content.

Montana Republican Greg Gianforte has apologised to a "Guardian" journalist he assaulted on the eve of his election to the House of Representative and has agreed to donate $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists, "The Guardian" reports.

Sir Martin Sorrell has named Amazon's Alexa as one of the biggest threats to the advertising market, alongside the duopoly of Facebook and Google. "The Drum" reports on a speech given yesterday at an event in London.

If you want to read what the Conservative and Labour parties have planned for the creative industries, if they win tomorrow's election, head to "Campaign" for both views in a single, joint op-ed piece.