All of adland will be passing on their best wishes to Eric Salama, chief executive of Kantar. "Campaign" reports he is recovering after being stabbed in an incident in Kew, London over the weekend in which he interrupted a thief who was trying to steal his car.

Chris Evans' breakfast show with Virgin Radio went live this morning with no ads, thanks to a sponsorship deal with Sky. Campaign has asked experts what they think and the general consensus is that it features a lot of plugs for the sponsor, but then again, his BBC show promoted BBC content heavily too.

He was only allowed to own "The Times" and "The Sunday Times" on the condition that they were run entirely separately -- but now, "The Guardian" reports, Rupert Murdoch is asking for the government's permission to pool resources across the daily and national newspapers.

BBH has been put on alert as Virgin Media calls review of its advertising account. "Campaign" reveals the agency has not yet confirmed whether it will repitch for the business which it has held since 2011. The process is being handled by AAR.

Britain's tech sector is growing at its slowest pace in the past three years, according to a new report from KPMG reported on in "The Telegraph."

The well-known privacy campaigner Max Schrems has filed legal cases in the Austrian courts accusing YouTube, Netflix, Apple and Amazon of breaking the EU's GDPR privacy rules, "The Telegraph" reports.

"The Drum" is reporting that France still intends to take a lead in the EU on the tech sales tax debate with the imposition of a 5% levy on the tech giants' trade. The site claims the final tax rate will be decided upon soon and applied retrospectively to January 1st, when it was supposed to have been introduced.

YouTube has suspended ads on Tommy Robinson's page, the BBC reveals. The Google-owned site says the former leader of English Defence League has broken its rules in covering controversial views. Robinson denies the accusation.

News UK will merge its print and digital sales teams in a move that Mobile Marketing explains is designed to shift focus to its brands and away from different platforms.

Direct Line Group has reappointed MediaCom to its media account after a six-month review process, "Campaign" reports.