Lucky Generals has hired its first Chief Executive -- Katie Lee, the former managing director of Y&R London. "Campaign" reminds readers that the move comes two months before the agency opens its New York office.

The ECB currently does not use an advertising agency, but it's looking for one now to promote a new cricket format, "Campaign" reports. The new "Hundred" format involves ten overs of ten balls each. It is designed to speed up the game by cutting down on the amount of times teams have to change ends for the next over. The process is being handled by AAR.

The Brexit debate has had a surprise impact on television audiences. "The Guardian" reports that in mid January the BBC's Parliament channel saw an unusual spike that made it more popular than MTV during daytime hours.

The dispute between Publicis and Channel 4 is over and the holding company will begin buying airtime on the tv channel from February onwards. "Campaign" reveals that neither side would comment on the final deal that ended the dispute.

"The Guardian" is reporting that around 200 jobs will be lost at BuzzFeed in a cost-cutting measure but it is unclear how many, if any, will occur in its London office -- which last week saw its UK editor in chief depart.

Mail Online has reacted angrily to being rated as not maintaining decent standards of accuracy by a start-up that powers a new plug-in to Chrome and Edge browsers. "Press Gazette" reports the Daily Mail site is keen to overturn the rating, which places it only as trustworthy as Russia Today. The team behind the NewsGuard plug-in claims to have tried to get in contact with the site.

Facebook has agreed to pay GBP3m to Citizens Advice so it can help protect people against scam ads. "Sky News" reports deal is part of a settlement with MoneySavingExpert.com founder, Martin Lewis, who was taking the social media giant to court over scam financial ads that used his image illegally to dupe the vulnerable to part with cash.

Google will challenge the 50m Euro fine it has received from France's privacy watchdog, "The Telegraph" reveals.

One of those pieces of research you're not sure whether to believe or not has popped in "Mobile Marketing" today. According to figures from ecommerce platform Teespring, Gen Z will be the nation's highest-spending demographic of shoppers from next year on.

Following warnings from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) sixteen celebrity influencers have agreed to do what they were already supposed to have been doing by clearly labelling posts that have come about through a commercial relationship with a brand, the BBC reports.