• London Mayor Proposes Junk Food Ad Ban
    London Mayor Sadiq Khan has outlined a proposal to ban junk food advertising across the entire Transport for London (TfL) network, City AM reports.
  • Zoopla Sale Offers 'Daily Mail' A GBP640m Windfall
    The owner of the Daily Mail, DMGT, is due a GBP640m windfall, "The Guardian" reports. It has a near 30% stake in ZPG, the owner of property sites Zoopla and Prime Location as well as energy comparison site uSwitch which is to be sold to American firm, Silver Lake in a GBP2.2bn deal.
  • Will Peers Try To Resurrect Leveson 2, Again?
    "The Guardian" is warning that the House of Lords could try to undo this week's vote in the House of Commons that blocked the so-called Leveson 2 enquiry in to the media. The paper suspects that abstentions among the Conservative party and the close vote this week could encourage peers to attempt to reinstate the enquiry.
  • Murdoch Still Expects To Buy Sky And Sell To Disney
    Lachlan Murdoch, the Chairman of 21st Century Fox, has told "The Guardian" that the company intends to go forward with plans to buy the part of Sky it does not currently own and then the expanded company to Disney. He believes Comcast will face a competition enquiry, as Fox currently is, before its offer for Sky can complete, giving 21st Century Fox a substantial time lead.
  • BT Swaps Middle Managers For Engineers And Cyber Security Experts
    BT has announced cost-cutting measures that will see it lose 13,000 middle managers but then gain 6,000 engineers, cyber security experts and customer support staff, "Sky News" reveals.
  • Tencent Commits To Working Close With UK's Creative Industries
    The Chinese tech giant Tencent has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Trade and Industry to work more closely with the creative industries in Britain, "Campaign" reports.
  • Leveson 2 Enquiry Revival Voted Down By MPs
    Common sense has prevailed and Labour's attempts to resurrect a new enquiry into journalism ethics has been defeated in the House of Commons. "Press Gazette" also reports that an attempt to reinstate Section 40 penalties that would see papers pay both sides' fees in legal cases, even if they won, was dropped after support from Scottish MPs evaporated.
  • Google Bans Abortion Advertising As Ireland Prepares To Vote
    Google is banning all advertising pertaining to abortion in Ireland as the country prepares to vote on May 25th whether to amend the country's eighth amendment, which bars women from seeking terminations, "The Telegraph" reports.
  • 'The Telegraph' Predicts GDPR Will Lead To A Rise In Junk Mail
    "The Telegraph" is warning Britons of a deluge of "junk mail" that will result from the Post Office using the format to get around GDPR's tighter data protection rules that become law on May 25th.
  • Home Broadband Speeds Are On The Rise
    Ofcom is reporting that British home broadband speeds have risen 28% over the past year to average 46.2 megabits per second. Uploads speeds are up 44%, on average, to reach 6.2 megabits per second. There is still concern, however, that rural broadband is lagging behind, the BBC reports.
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