Brexiters and the Lib Dems are crying foul over the likely television debate over Brexit featuring just Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn. According to The Guardian politicians representing either extreme of the debate believe the PM and the Labour leader hold views that are too similar to make a debate worthwhile and so other opinions need to be included.

"Campaign" is wondering if the Marriott Starwood data breach, what saw up to 500m customers' personal information compromised, could be the first test of GDPR, even though it first took place in 2014. If the new Regulation is applied, because it was only just reported and it impacts millions of Europeans, the hotel group risks a fine of up to 4% of annual turnover.

Channel 4 is teaming up with LadBible to turn its "Unreported World" news stories into repurposed viral videos distributed to a wider audience through social media channels, "Press Gazette" reports.

John Lewis & Partners is supplementing its big storytelling Christmas ad featuring Elton John with a series of eight ten second ads which, to the tune of a different Elton John song, push individual product lines, "Marketing Week" reports.

Saatchi & Saatchi is in the political firing line, according to "The Drum." Its GBP2.5m campaign to boost apprenticeship numbers has been running at a time in which applications have dropped. The Labour Party is claiming its shows that while austerity is hitting colleges the Conservative Party is still happy to send millions to its "favourite advertising agency".

The Advertising Diversity Taskforce has found nearly a third of adland's leaders are privately educated, compared to a national average of 7%, and that only 8% come from a BAME background, "Campaign" reports.

The AA is carrying out its second media review in two years and "Campaign" reports that its Marketing Director Cheryl Calverly is leaving the business. The site also believes the current incumbent, Carat, is not repitching for the account.