• Sky Revenues up 10% As New Sky Q Box Is Well Received
    "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.
  • Pret A Manger Barred From Calling Food 'Natural'
    The ASA has upheld a complaint against the Pret chain of cafes calling its food "natural" because some products contain additives, "Campaign" reveals.
  • Head Of MullenLowe London Leaves After Just 18 Months
    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.
  • BuzzFeed Pulitzer Prize Nomination Shows UK Site Is A 'Major Force'
    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.
  • TalkSport Wins England Cricket Rights
    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.
  • Costa Coffee To Recycle 500m Coffee Cups
    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.
  • Marketers Fear Measurement Is Killing Creativity
    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.
  • Facebook Asks EU Citizens To Approve Facial Recognition
    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.
  • Vince Cable Considering Naming The Charge Against Sorrell In Parliament
    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.
  • Diageo Pumps GBP150m In To Whisky Experiences
    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.
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