Campaign
WPP's GroupM and Dentsu Aegis Network are in a two-way fight to win L'Oreal's GBP106 British and Irish media account after Publicis and the7stars failed to make the final shortlist, Campaign reveals.
Press Gazette
Eight local newspapers have become the first paying subscribers to PA's service in which stories are "robot generated" by AI, "Press Gazette" reports.
MediaTel
Mediatel brings news that ITV has decided to ditch "ITV Magazine" after just one issue. The magazine was being distributed through Waitrose supermarkets, but will now be folded.
The Mirror UK
Twitter is hoping to beat the spammers and the bots by limiting the number of accounts a user can follow from 1,000 to 400 accounts, "The Mirror" reports.
Campaign
Cosmetics retailer Lush has ditched multiple Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts for its multiple brands. "Campaign" explains that the company has told customers it is proving too expensive to reach their timelines and is encouraging people to deal with it directly.
The Drum
The European Commission has confirmed Facebook has agreed to be more transparent in its terms of service to make it clearer what it does with customer data, "The Drum" writes.
Campaign
Vodafone has called a review of its GBP400m global media account, "Campaign" reveals. The move follows the telecoms giant brining biddable media in-house a year ago and will likely see the winning agency working on non-digital channels as well as some digital work.
Campaign
Eurostar has placed its global media account up for review. "Campaign" reveals that the company is considering appointing two agencies to work across strategy as well as online and offline media. The process is being handled by ID Comms and the incumbent, iProspect, is repitching.
Marketing Week
According to "Marketing Week," new research from Kantar suggests that a little more than half of the British public is fed up with being bombarded by the same ads and being targeted through their browsing history. While advertising is only enjoyed by 11%, nearly half agree that ads that fit in with their interests are better than those that don't.
The Guardian
Ofcom has confirmed it will investigate Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, remarking on a pro-Brexit march that he had "never seen so many white people in one place." "The Guardian" reveals the media regulator received 2,644 complaints about the journalist's comment.