• Instagram Takes Down 10,000 Self-Harm Pictures Per Day
    "The Telegraph" is reporting that Instagram claims to be taking down 10,000 self harm and suicide images per day. The paper is critical that only four in five are spotted automatically by the site's technology, requiring a fifth of offending pictures to be reported by users.
  • Sky Pens Deal To Bring BBC IPlayer To Sky Q Boxes
    Mediatel reports a content agreement between Sky and the BBC will make BBC iPlayer available on the Sky Q platform.
  • Scottish National Party Joins Lib Dems In Legal Action Over TV Leaders' Debate
    The Scottish National Party (SNP) has joined the Lib Dems in legal action against ITV for restricting the leaders' debate on television to just Boris vs Corbyn, "Press Gazette" reports.
  • Newsquest And Reach Battle For Control Of JPI's Local Papers
    "The Guardian" is reporting that Newsquest is now being considered the "frontrunner" to take over JPI Media's local newspapers. "The Mirror" owner, Reach, has gone public on its bid to buy the newspaper group for a reported GBP50m, which Newsquest is now believed to have bettered.
  • Newspapers' Billion-Pound Mistake To Sell Advertising Rather Than Journalism
    Newspapers have lost a billion pounds by selling advertising rather than journalism. That was the start conclusion of Newsworks executive chairman Tracy De Groose, speaking to the Society of Editors annual conference yesterday, "Press Gazette" reports. Selling advertising on open platforms dominated by tech giants has seen content sold as an "amorphous mass," she concluded.
  • John Lewis Drops 'Meet Edgar' Teaser For Festive Ad
    It would appear that John Lewis has dropped its annual teaser a day before its Christmas ad launches. "Campaign" reveals that a tweet has invited the public to "Meet Edgar." An accompany video shows a person tapping a door knocker with a dragon's face, prompting the door to be opened and a message offering tomorrow's date -- the day the John Lewis ad is due to debut.
  • ITV Predicts 2% Ad Revenue Decline, Despite Rugby World Cup Boost
    Not even a boost from "Love Island" and more recently, the Rugby World Cup, are enough to prevent a stagnant television market leading to an advertising revenue dip of 2% this year. That is the prediction from the broadcaster, "The Times" reports, as it revealed that a rugby 1% uptick in revenue is only likely to turn a 3% contraction into 2%.
  • LG Picks PHD For Global Media
    LG has picked PHD to handle its $800m global media account, "Campaign" reports. The incumbent, Havas Media Group, did not participate in the review.
  • 'The Telegraph' Takes Down Its Paywall To Celebrate 25th Birthday
    "The Telegraph" has taken down the paywall on its website to offer the public free access today and until 7am tomorrow. "Press Gazette" reveals that the move is a celebration of the site's 25th birthday.
  • Mel B Complained To Tesco Over Lack Of Charity Branding
    Mel B has clarified why she reacted adversely to a Tesco ad featuring an image of her and a tag line referencing a Spice Girls hit. "Sky News" reveals that the singer was not complaining about her image being used, but rather that she thought the branding for the Women's Aid charity would be bigger. She explains that she gave permission for the campaign in return for a donation to the charity.
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