A who's who of female BBC talent has written to the Director General, Lord Hall, to insist he tackled the gender pay gap as a matter of priority, The Independent reports.

YouTube has vowed that it will begin steering people who are searching for radical, extremist content to videos which instead debunk ISIS mythology, the BBC reports.

"The Guardian" is reporting one of the most highly anticipated tv sponsorship deals in years. Lyle's golden syrup and Dr Oetker will jointly sponsor the first series of the show. The newspaper claims that the brands are believed to have paid around GBP4m between them, rather than the original GBP8m price tag that was suggested the show might achieve.

Quorn, the meat free food company whose products are endorsed by athlete Mo Farah, is on a path to become a billion-pound brand, according to The Times. The paper is reporting the company is to pump GBP150m in to its Teeside factory over the next five years in a bid to hit the billion pound valuation mark.

The International Monetary Fund is raising its expectations for growth in the Eurozone but cutting them back for the UK, Sky News reports. The UK's growth estimation for 2017 has been pegged back to 1.7% from 2%, while Germany is expected to grow at 1.8% (up 0.2%) and France 1.5% (up 0.1%). Spain has been raised an impressive 1.3% to reach a predicted growth of 3.1%.

Michelin has handed its $100m global ad account to Havas Media, "Campaign" reports. The incumbent was MEC, which is in the process of merging with WPP stablemate Maxus.

Moneysupermarket.com has been given a fine of GBP80,000 after emailing people who had previously opted-out of being marketed to to ask if they would reconsider. Marketing Tech News reveals that the offending site had emailed more than 7m former subscribers. The Information Commissioner's Office said in a statement that brands have to take no for an answer.

Two notorious "dark web" marketplaces, Hansa and Alphabay, have been shut down by multinational police action, the BBC reports. The sites were renowned for selling illegal drugs, weapons and stolen data.

"The Guardian" is reporting that the Culture Secretary is keeping Rupert Murdoch waiting as to whether she will refer his bid to gain full ownership of Sky will be referred to the competition authorities. She has already said she is "minded" to do so, but now needs more time to go through feedback to a consultation process which ended last week.

"The Drum" believes this year's Cannes will go down as the time when the consultancies, including IBM, EY, Accenture and Deloittte, put a "flag in the sand" to mark their arrival in the digital marketing industry. It has released a video today to highlight the development.