• Facebook Assures Advertisers On Brand Safety
    Facebook is banging the drum for brand safety at the German digital marketing show Dmexco this week. "Campaign" reports that COO Sheryl Sandberg assured delegates the social giant will never allow brands to inadvertently advertise against real life tragedies or extremist or violent content.
  • Trinity Mirror To Announce 40 Roles Are To Be Cut
    "Press Gazette" reveals Trinity Mirror plans to rely on buying in "page ready" news from the Press Association will lead to the loss or around 40 jobs on its local newspaper titles. Around fifteen new roles in community reporting are believed to created as part of the changes.
  • Millennials Fuel Growth In Global Online Video Viewing
    British and German millennials are fuelling a significant rise in global online video viewing by watching between four to seven hours of video content per week, compared to one to two hours for other demographics. However, Netimperative points out that French millennials are leading the way, watching ten hours of online video per week.
  • Digital Survival Lessons On Offer To Teens
    "The Telegraph" is reporting that Public Health England has designed new classes to help teenagers survive in the digital age. The lessons are designed to combat cyberbullying and body shaming. The newspaper reports that the Government is considering making the new lessons compulsory.
  • Ogilvy & Mather Picks Up Trebor Mints
    Ogilvy & Mather has picked up the advertising account for Trebor Mints without pitching. "Campaign" is reporting the award as evidence of the close relationship between the agency and Mondelez, owner of the mint brand.
  • Advertising Association Asks Peers For Better Support For Adland
    The Chief Executive of the Advertising Association, Stephen Woodford, has used an appearance in front of a House of Lords enquiry into advertising to call on the government to give the industry more support as Brexit looms closer, "Campaign" reveals.
  • Bell Pottinger Enters Administration
    It's the news that will not surprise anyone in communications. Disgraced PR firm Bell Pottinger has been placed into administration after being barred from the industry's trade body for its stirring up of race hatred in South Africa, "The Drum" reports.
  • Murdoch's Bid For Sky Likely To Be Referred To Competition Authorities
    "The Guardian" believes the Murdoch family would appear to be on the verge of a major investigation into the track record as media owners as the Culture Secretary, Karen Bradley, says she is minded to refer Fox's bid to take overall control of Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority.
  • 11 School Days Per Year Lost To Smartphone Disruption
    Teachers are warning that disruption from smartphone use has now reached more than 17 minutes of lost teaching time every day. The "Mirror" warns that this amounts to 11 days per year.
  • IAB Europe Warns EU Privacy Rules Could Damage Digital Marketing
    The IAB Europe is warning that new EU ePrivacy rules will seriously damage digital marketing by allowing cookie blocking at the device level rather than empowering citizens to choose which sites they wish to share their data with. "Campaign" further claims new research shows that blanket cookie blocking could halve the value of the EU's digital marketing industry.
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