Campaign
Bed and mattress retailer Dreams has picked Uncommon Creative Studio as its creative agency, Campaign reports. The incumbent, M&C Saatchi London, did not repitch.
The Guardian
Facebook is rumoured to be considering a less microtargeted approach to political advertising. "The Guardian" reveals that the social media giant is considering stopping parties and campaigners from sending messages to just one hundred people, the current lower limit, and could instead raise that number to several thousand.
BBC
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, famed for his Ali G and Borat characters, has blasted Facebook for having a stance that would have allowed Hitler to buy anti-semitic ads in the 1930s, the BBC reports.
The Telegraph
"The Telegraph" is revealing that an investigation by Which? has found that Google is allowing some advertisers to place themselves at the top of its search results despite breaking UK laws on charging excessive amount for returns.
Sky News
Uber has been stripped of its London licence, "Sky News" reveals. It has 21 days to appeal the TfL decision which was based on the taxi-hailing app not keeping a tight enough control on its drivers who were able to sign up again to the platform after they had been banned.
The creator of the internet, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has unveiled "Contract for the Web," which insists web companies must ensure the internet is safe and that users have their data rights respected, The Independent writes.
Campaign
SunLife has handed its GBP30m media account to MediaLabs, "Campaign" reports. The incumbent was All Response Media.
Bloomberg
Former Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy has been appointed CMO at WeWork. Bloomberg reveals that the job news is part of a turnaround package for the troubled office supplier ,which is cutting a fifth of its global workforce after losing a billion dollars in its last quarter.
Campaign
"Campaign" is suggesting that privacy concerns may be behind a slowdown in the growth of programmatic in the UK. According to Zenith figures, 2019 growth will be down to 22% from 35% in 2018.
Campaign
Legal & General has awarded its media brief to Havas and Carat. "Campaign" reveals the retirement half of the business is going to Havas while Carat has the contract for the insurance half of the brief. The incumbent was WPP's Mindshare.