The Guardian
"Change is coming," Jeremy Corbyn has warned the UK's media. The Leader of the Opposition was responding to articles that claimed he had colluded with a Czech spy to reveal state secrets. The Czech government has denied the stories. Corbyn predicts in a video message that he will be the next PM and will reform the media to outlaw such "hallucinogenic" stories, "The Guardian" reports.
Campaign
Experiential agency Produce UK had named Sam Oxley as its new managing director. She was already working within the agency. Produce's founder will now move into a more creative role, "Campaign" reports.
Press Gazette
"The Times Literary Supplement" is the country's fastest-growing magazine. ABC figures show its readership has increased 20% year-on-year. Press Gazette also references 11% and 7% increases at "Amateur Photographer" and the "Spectator" as good news for the sector.
The Telegraph
Well, who'd have thought? A government research study has found that 16- to-24-year-olds are far worse with password security than their parents and grandparents. "The Telegraph" reveals that it is the young who do not set secure password and often use the same one for several accounts.
NetImperative
Two in three UK SMEs are planning on devoting more budget to marketing over the next year, according to research from affilinet reported on in Netimperative.
Campaign
The charity promoting safer gambling, GambleAware, is seeking pitches for a GBP7m awareness campaign designed to tackle gamblers who are at risk of becoming addicts, "Campaign" reveals.
BBC
British researchers are warning that AI could be a force for bad as well as good. According to the BBC, a group of academics is warning that the technology could be used by extremists to programme self-driving cars and drones to commit atrocities and could spread fake news as well as power-hacking attempts.
Campaign
It's a new chapter for Leo Burnett. "Campaign" reports that the agency will leave its Kensington Office and move into a shared office with Publicis stablemate Fallon in Chancery Lane, next door to Saatchi & Saatchi.
Marketing Tech News
A third of Winter Olympic viewers are watching the sporting spectacular online, according to new research from GlobalWebIndex reported in "Marketing Tech News."
Campaign
Here's something you don't read every day. Classified ad site Gumtree has told "Campaign" that it is holding back on the digital brand-building spend because the channel isn't working as well as it had hoped. Overall digital spend is increasing, but the amount dedicated to brand-building is being dialled down.