The media must stop making "gratuitous" references to terrorist atrocities, such as showing video clips from attacks and repeating hate manifestos. That is demand of a new report from the Commission for Countering Extremism, according to "Press Gazette."

Channel 4 will triple the number of staff it has selling direct to advertisers, "Campaign" reports.

Sir Martin Sorrell's S4C Group has bought American digital agency Firewood, which it plans to merge with MediaMonks, "The Drum" reveals.

Sir Martin Sorrell has told CNBC that he is only holding onto his 1.4% stake in WPP because he believes it can generate more money by splitting up. According to "Campaign," he claims GroupM could be worth as much as WPP's share price as a whole if it were spun out.

PayPal has become the first tech company to pull out of Facebook's proposed new cryptocurrency, Libra, according to City A.M.

Aldi is to stop selling newspapers and magazines. "Press Gazette" believes the supermarket has been prompted to take the action by low sales.

The BBC has been investigating closed Facebook groups for supporters of Remain and Leave and has found that many contain hate speech and threats of violence to MPs.

"The Guardian" is suggesting that an upcoming revamp of the BBC iPlayer amounts to the corporation realising the catch-up service is how most people will end up consuming BBC content in the future. There is no date for the launch of the updated hub, but the paper believes the move is also an act of defence against Netflix and other streamers that are expanding their services.

Zenith's Advertising Expenditure Forecast shows that by the end of the year, social media spend will have risen globally to overtake print advertising, Campaign reveals. It means social is now the world's third-biggest channel after television and paid search.

A BBC investigation has prompted YouTube to close down two channels run by "pick-up artists" that claim to teach men the secrets to seducing women. The founder of one of the channels has recently been convicted of threatening behaviour toward young women in Scotland.