Financial Times
"The Financial Times" is reporting on positive figures from Sky. Revenue is up 10% over its first three quarters, largely thanks to new satellite tv subscriptions and the launch of multi-room Sky Q service being well received.
Campaign
The ASA has upheld a complaint against the Pret chain of cafes calling its food "natural" because some products contain additives, "Campaign" reveals.
Campaign
The Group chief executive of MullenLowe London is stepping down after just eighteen months. It is reported by "Campaign" that he is still interested in pursuing opportunities in advertising and will be replaced by the president of MullenLowe Group EMEA, Jeremy Hine.
Press Gazette
Heidi Blake, UK investigations editor at BuzzFeed, has told "Press Gazette" she believes her team being nominated for the Pulitzer Prize -- which shows the site is in a very strong position. The series of articles, which led to the nomination, probed links between Russia and 14 mysterious deaths in the UK, and one in the US.
The Guardian
TalkSport has won the radio rights to England's cricket tour of Sri Lanka and The West Indies, ending a thirteen-year unbroken run of the BBC picking up the rights, "The Guardian" reveals.
Sky News
Costa Coffee is vowing to recycle 500 million disposable coffee cups before the end of the decade to save them from being dumped in landfill sites, "Sky News" reports.
NetImperative
According to research by digital agency Dotted, nearly three in four marketers (72%) fear creativity is being downgraded by a focus on measurement, Netimperative reports.
BBC
The BBC points out that Facebook's attempts to get EU and Canadian users to give their consent to facial recognition in order to identify them might prove a little controversial, given the ongoing debacle surrounding Cambridge Analytica.
Campaign
Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrats' Leader, is threatening to use parliamentary privilege to name the charge Sir Martin Sorrell was accused of, "Campaign" reports. Libel laws do not apply to a speech within the Houses of Parliament, and so if Cable can find out what the accusation was, he can repeat it in the Commons without fear of further action.
The Drum
Diageo is hoping to tap into whisky tourism through a new Johnnie Walker experience centre in Edinburgh and updating its existing twelve visitors centres at distilleries. The Drum reveals that the company is to put GBP150m over three years in to the new drive.