Details of the titles for which contracts have been awarded for 150 "local democracy reporters" to be funded by the BBC have been announced. "Press Gazette" reveals that the biggest benefactor will be Trinity Mirror which picks up nearly half of the new reporters. The remaining half will be split nearly evenly between Newsquest and Johnston Press.

It's the stuff of brand image nightmares. "The Times" reports Primark and Sports Direct have been named and shamed among a list of 260 employers who have paid less than minimum wage, typically through deducting for staff uniforms. The government has ordered the guilty companies to pay back GBP3m in overdue wages and fines.

Dan Middleton, aka Dan TDM, has been named the richest YouTuber, having made just over GBP12m this year. According to the BBC, he hails from Aldershot and shot to fame making video of himself playing Minecraft.

BuzzFeed is rumoured to be on the verge of making a third of its London staff redundant -- including 23 of its 76 journalists, "The Drum" reports.

Nearly two in three young consumers are consuming content from their favourite influencer weekly and more than half have bought a product in their suggestion, new research in "Marketing Tech News" reveals.

YouTube will launch a Spotify rival next March. The paid-for music subscription service already has a deal with Warner Music and is in advanced discussions with the other record labels, "The Independent" reports.

Just 28% of websites will be GDPR compliant in time for May's deadline, new research commissioned by Ensighten suggests. The main obstacles, "Campaign" reports, were named as handling multiple suppliers and marketing complexity.

"The Guardian" is due to go tabloid from January 15th and its editor, Kath Viner, is predicting the title will break even in 2018, "Press Gazette" reports.

More than half of British marketers are already being affected by ASA's rules banning gender stereotyping, which came into force next year. That's the result of a Shutterstock survey, which also found that more than one in three are now using more pictures of women, "Marketing Tech News" reports.

"Marketing Week" has a round-up of good news stories from 2017 and what marketers can learn from them, such as Samsung bouncing back after accepting responsibility for exploding devices.