• TBWA\Media Arts Lab Appoints New MD In London
    TBWA\Media Arts Lab has flown in Liz Taylor from its Los Angeles HQ to run and grow the London office of the agency set up to service Apple, "Campaign" reports.
  • One In Three National Newspaper Editors Are Now Women
    "Press Gazette" reveals that from next week, Fleet Street will have more female editors than at any other time in its history. One in three national newspaper editors are now women, the site points out.
  • Child Protection Campaigners Urge Facebook To Rethink Encryption
    Child protection campaigners, led by the NSPCC, have signed an open letter urging Facebook to rethink encrypting messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram Direct. The BBC reveals that the experts in child safety fear that it will allow predators to hide behind scrambled messages to avoid detection and prosecution.
  • Twitter Enjoys Its First Billion-Dollar Quarter
    "The Telegraph" is reporting that Twitter had its first billion-dollar quarter at the end of last year, driven by a 12% rise in advertising revenue.
  • Facebook to Close Audience Network for Mobile Websites
    Facebook will close its Audience Network in April. The service allowed advertising campaigns to be extended from Facebook onto third party sites and apps. Campaign suggests the move is a recognition that the industry, as per Google's recent announcement, is moving away from third-party cookies.
  • Picture Editors Complain To Boris About Lack Of Access
    It's not just the journalists who feel excluded. "Press Gazette" reveals that picture editors have collectively written to Number 10 to ask for the status quo of photographers being invited to historic events rather than Boris preferring to use just his own official photographer.
  • 'The Telegraph' Claims Social Media Bosses Will Be Made Personally Liable On Content
    "The Telegraph" is reporting that the Culture Secretary is set to bring in new legislation that will hold social media bosses personally reliable for online harms caused by their sites. The paper believes Ofcom will be announces as the new online regulator.
  • Government Considers De-Criminalising Non-Payment Of TV Licence Fee
    The Government is launching a public consultation on whether not paying the tv licence fee should be decriminalised, ITV News reports.
  • Radio Ad Terms And Conditions To Be Shortened
    Those long terms and conditions that have to be speedily read out at the end of a radio ad are going to be shortened because listeners can never remember them, "Campaign" reveals.
  • MPs Raise Concerns Over Briefings Outside The Press Lobby By Number 10
    MPs across the House of Commons have expressed concern that the Government could be seen as showing favouritism by pre-briefing favoured news outlets ahead of the traditional press meetings of the press lobby, "The Guardian" reports.
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