• ITV Announces World Cup TV Sponsors
    ITV has announced that Budweiser, Volkswagen and Screwfix will sponsor its World Cup football coverage. Budweiser will receive 50% of idents and the other two brands will receive 25%. Each match will feature idents from all three sponsors, "Campaign" reports.
  • Half Of Brits Will Ditch A Brand That Does Not Protect Their Data
    The 2018 Veritas Global Data Privacy Consumer Study has found that 39% of Brits don't trust companies to protect their data and more than half will quit a brand if they find it has failed to do so, Netimperative reports.
  • House Of Lords Votes To Reinstate Leveson 2 Media Standards Enquiry
    The Lords has overturned a vote in the House of Commons that has blocked earlier attempts to reintroduce a Leveson 2 enquiry into media standards in the UK. "The Guardian" reports this will now require the House of Commons to vote again on the issue.
  • Supreme Court Appears To Give The Green Light On Sports Betting
    Shares in British bookmakers shot up in value yesterday as it appeared the Supreme Court in the US was paving the way to allow sports betting, "The Times" reveals. The paper believes there will now be a race among British companies to enter the US market.
  • Is Snapchat Using GDPR To Distance Itself From Facebook?
    "The Telegraph" is speculating that Snapchat has put its users in control of their data as a ploy to distance itself from social media rivals it believes are not being open on data, although the GDPR deadline is only a week and a half away.
  • Facebook Suspends 200 Apps In Post CA Data Audit
    A Facebook audit of apps on its platform has led to 200 apps being suspended, pending further investigation into whether they have misused data gathered on the platform, Mobile Marketing reports.
  • Manning Gottlieb OMD Expected To Win Government's GBP140m Media Account
    "Campaign" is reporting that the Government's GBP140m media account is on the verge of being awarded to Manning Gottlieb OMD. Publicis, Group M and Dentsu Aegis are believed to have made up the short list of four agencies -- from which, "Campaign" speculates, Manning Gottlieb OMD is about to be announced the winner.
  • Publicis Media To Move All UK Agencies To Former BBC White City Site
    Londoners wondering what would happen to the BBC's White City complex have their answer. According to "Campaign," Publicis Media will move all UK agencies to the Television Centre site. More than 2000 staff will move to the new offices.
  • CMO Role Returns To easyJet In Management Shakeup
    The CMO role is returning to easyJet in a management shakeup that will also see the airline appoint its first Chief Digital Officer, "Marketing Week" reveals.
  • Welsh Assembly Urged To Subsidise Quality Journalism
    A report from the Culture Committee of the Welsh National Assembly has suggested journalism in the country is in such a poor state that the Government should consider subsidising public interest quality journalism, "Press Gazette" reports.
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