Wired
"Wired" has a fascinating read this week about the British couple who instigated the case against Google for abusing its monopolistic power in search. The couple behind the comparison site, Foundem, realised their site was being pushed down the search results unfairly and so started a legal process that ended up in the EU fining Google more than two billion pounds last summer.
Marketing Week
ABC is simplifying the way in which it calculates circulations for magazines, "Marketing Week" reveals. ABC claims this will make it easier for brands to trust its figures and direct their ad spend accordingly.
Campaign
In a move that is a clear nod to the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri the Justice 4 Grenfell campaign group parked three billboards outside parliament reading "71 Dead, And Still No Arrests, How Come?" Campaign reveals the pressure group are concerned the authorities are prepared to let the disaster fade from the public memory.
Press Gazette
The latest set of ABC figures shows that "The Star" is outselling "The Telegraph" in print for the first time in more than a year. However, as "Press Gazette" reveals, both titles' circulations are down -- only "The Telegraph" fell by a higher percentage. "The Times" also has a higher circulation than "The Telegraph," but only when bulk sales are included. "The Sun" remains the UK's top seller.
NetImperative
As the GDPR deadline approaches, the DMA and Acxiom have been crunching the numbers -- and it appears more Britons are becoming comfortable with sharing data with companies. However, as Netimperative points out, the key is transparency -- it is cited by more than eight in ten people as the key factor that makes them feel comfortable sharing information.
The Telegraph
In what "The Telegraph" is considering a boost to calls from Theresa May and Amber Rudd for the tech giants to help law enforcement tackle extremism, Bill Gates has slammed messaging and social services who will not readily pass on messages from known criminals to the police.
The Guardian
Activist group Avaaz has won the right to appeal a decision by Ofcom that if Sky were to be fully taken over by the Murdochs that it would remain a "fit and proper" broadcaster, "The Guardian" reports.
Campaign
if you were lucky enough to spot a "Chubby Heart" around London yesterday, "Campaign" has the lowdown on luxury brand Anya Hindmarch placing which it calls "a love letters to London" around the capital.
BBC
The UK government has taken the unusual step of naming whom they believe was responsible for last June's NotPetya cyber attack on British companies. The BBC reports the Defence Secretary, Gavin Williamson, has accused the Russian military whom he accuses of "ripping up the rule book."
The Drum
Today is the day that Google's Chrome browser will begin a new policy of restricting ads on sites that do not abide for the Coalition for Better Ads guidelines. If you want an inside view into the decision, "The Drum" has been talking to Google about why it has decided on a course of action that is causing trepidation among many a publisher today.