• Youngsters Most Likely To Be Cyberbullied On Instagram
    Social media sites are making youngsters increasingly anxious in the never ending search for 'likes' and are a source of bullying. New research from Drop The Label, covered by the BBC, shows that Instagram tops the list with 7% of young users claiming to have been cyberbullied, with Facebook just behind at 6%.
  • 21st Century Fox Asks Government To Resist 'Political Interfering'
    "The Times," owned by Rupert Murdoch, is today revealing that 21st Century Fox has written to Culture Secretary Karen Bradley, to ask her to resist "political interfering" that is pressing her to pass on its proposed takeover of Sky to the competition authorities.
  • IPA Bellwether Report Shows Budgets Are Up, For Now
    Marketers are increasing their budgets mainly through internet advertising, the latest IPA Bellwether report suggests. More advertisers agreed they had increased budgets in the second quarter of 2017 than the first quarter, but IPA warns that economic uncertainty means there are still strong headwinds that could reduce ad spend going forward, "Marketing Week" reports.
  • Google Glass Relaunches For Business Users
    Remember Google Glass? Well, it's coming back, "The Mirror" reports. This time, however, it's not for consumers, but for businesses that -- according to Google -- have a need for information and to record their environment while their hands are in use.
  • BBC High Earner List Shows Massive Gender Inequality
    The forced publication of BBC talent earning over GBP150,000 per year has not only revealed who is the highest paid -- Chris Evans, followed by Gary Lineker -- but has also revealed a massive gender gap. Two in three of those on the high earner list are male, "The Telegraph" reports.
  • Google Analytics Rolls Out Voice Queries
    Google has just announced that its Analytics tool can be probed simply by asking it questions, in plain English, "The Drum" reveals.
  • ITV Likely To Supplement Ad Revenue With More Studio Productions
    "The Times" is speculating that the new Chief Executive of ITV, Dame Carolyn McCall, will continue to build up the production side of the business to make the company less reliant on tv advertising, which is currently in what is described as a "cyclical low."
  • New Rules To Ban Gender Stereotypes
    The ASA is banning ads that rely on gender stereotypes. "The Guardian" reports that this could mean an end to ads in which women are seen to bear sole responsibility for household chores and clueless men have no idea how to work a vacuum cleaner. So-called 'body shaming' could also be outlawed by the new proposals.
  • Netflix Numbers Beat Expectations
    Netflix beat market expectations with news that it has reached 104m subscribers through the addition of 5m new customers. Most new subscribers were outside the US, with international members now accounting for half its subscriber base, the BBC reports.
  • Tough Times For UK Economy, But No Recession, PwC Predicts
    PwC is painting a bleak picture for the future of the UK economy, with inflation potentially rising to 3% later this year and wages stagnating. However, "Campaign" reports it is predicting the country will avoid a recession, with growth of 1.5% in 2017 and 1.4% in 2018.
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