• Ukranian President Sues BBC Over Alleged Trump Talks Payment
    The Ukranian President, Petro Poroshenko, is having a libel case against the BBC heard in London. He has taken legal action over claims by the BBC that Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, arranged a meeting with the US President in return for a fee of $400,000. The BBC claims it never reported Poroshenko knew of, or was connected to, any payment, "Press Gazette" reports.
  • Barnado's Calls For Greater Protection For Children Online
    The boss of Barnado's, the UK's largest children's charity, has added to voices calling on the Government to do more to protect children from harmful content and cyberbullies, "The Telegraph" reports.
  • Instagram To Remove Graphic Images Of Self-Harm
    Instagram has vowed to remove all graphic images of self-harm, the BBC reports. The move comes after the site was linked to the suicide of Molly Russell, age 14.
  • Children's Commissioner Drafts Bill For Better Protection
    Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield is described by "The Telegraph" this morning as having "thrown down the gauntlet" to ministers by hiring lawyers to draft her own bill on the duty of care the tech giants should have toward children. It involves large fines for those who do not take down harmful material and so do not protect minors from "foreseeable harm."
  • Iceland Seeks New Creative Agency
    Supermarket chain Iceland is seeking a new creative ad agency, having parted from Karmarama last October and then launching its take on the Greenpeace Rang-Tan video for its Christmas ad. "Campaign" reveals the supermarket has been working internally on its advertising account and now feels the time is right to reach out to appoint a new creative agency.
  • Spotify Moves Into Podcasts With Gimlet And Anchor Purchases
    Spotify is doubling down on podcasts with the purchases of the popular Gimlet podcast platform as well as the podcast-creating service, Anchor. "The Guardian" reveals that Spotify is targeting podcasts as a means to diversify from music streaming.
  • How Would Labour Split Up The Tech Giants?
    "The Telegraph" today asks the question we are all probably wondering, how on earth would Deputy Labour Leader, Tom Watson, deliver on his promise to break up the tech giants. The paper concludes the political and economic fallout of such a unilateral move would render any breakup impossible.
  • Germany Tells Facebook To Cease Combining Data
    Germany's competition watchdog has ruled that Facebook cannot continue to combine data from its other apps, as well as third-party sources, with what it knows about customers through the main Facebook site without their explicit consent. The BBC reports that Facebook will appeal the decision.
  • Unilever Buys Graze For GBP150m
    "Sky News" reveals Unilever has bought the food snack brand Graze for GBP150m. It is the first major deal signed off by its new Chief Executive Alan Jope, and the broadcaster believes the price paid was around half the original asking price.
  • Bauer Media Buys 34 New Regional Radio Stations
    Bauer Media has bought Celador Radio and Lincs FM Group, adding 34 new regional radio stations to its portfolio and, "Campaign" estimates, an additional 1.1m weekly listeners.
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