"Sky News" reveals that Sir Martin Sorrell will bring over Scott Spirit, who left WPP nearly a year ago, to become chief growth officer at S4 Capital. The broadcaster also points out that Sorrell has appointed another former WPP colleague, Elizabeth Buchanan as a non-executive director.

Nearly a third of Brits claim to be actively avoiding the news and the majority -- nearly three in four -- are blaming Brexit, "Press Gazette" reports.

GroupM has scaled back growth predictions of the global advertising market in 2019 from 3.6% to 3.4%, Campaign writes.

The Chinese Ambassador to the UK told BBC's Newsnight programme that if the UK were to cave in to US demands to ban Huawei from its 5G network, it would send a very bad message to Chinese businesses, "The Telegraph" reports.

The Premier League has appointed FCB Inferno as its creative agency, "Campaign" reports. The review was called in January and incumbent VMLY&R did not repitch.

According to the latest research from the Reuters Institute at Oxford University 70% of Brits are concerned about fake news online which is prompting one in four to focus on more reputable sources of information. However, the BBC reports, just 9% are currently paying for news. This is nearly half the proportion of Americans who have decided to subscribe to quality news titles.

British retailers are far better than their German counterparts at providing free delivery and click-and-collect services. However, they lag behind on displaying which courier will be in charge of that delivery, according to Netimperative.

Three years on from an ANA report showing that non-transparent media buying practices were the norm in America, Mediatel has asked experts for their opinion on whether the situation has improved. The consensus is they have -- but advertisers still need to be on their guard, particularly as new forms of technology pose new questions for the media-buying and planning process.

Delegates at London Tech Week have been told that businesses investing fully in AI could increase their value by 20% by 2030, according to figures from McKinsey and Quantumblack reported on in City AM.

Three MPs in the running to be the next Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister have vowed to ensure the proposed ending of free tv licences for the over-75s will not happen, "The Guardian" reveals.