Danone, the owner of the Evian and Activia brands, has consolidated its European media account into Group M, as part of its ongoing global media review, with MEC retaining the UK account.

The full extent of the alleged phone hacking by the News of the World of the royal household, including aides of Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Charles has been revealed at London's Central Criminal Court, with the jury told of hundreds of voicemail interceptions. The jury heard on Wednesday afternoon that Kate Middleton's name featured on a second note seized from Glenn Mulcaire's home marked "electronic intel or eavesdropping," more than 130 calls had been made by the News of the World's royal correspondent and by Mulcaire to Prince Harry's private secretary and the pin number for her phone …

Online campaign idea came together lightning-fast - over lunch on Friday, the women were complaining about the news surrounding Mayor Rob Ford's admission that he has smoked crack. Nuit Blanche. Gay Pride. Margaret Atwood. The comedian behind "S-- Girls Say." Some people from advertising agency john st. want to remind everyone that these are part of Toronto, too. Two art directors at the firm, Hannah Smit and Marie Richer, have created an online campaign called "More Than Ford" to spread a different message about the city than the one that has made the most headlines recently.

A far-right French news weekly was placed under criminal investigation Wednesday for comparing Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, the country‘s first senior black female minister, to a monkey on its front cover. The Paris prosecutor‘s office said it was investigating Minute newspaper for "public insults of a racial nature" after Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault filed a criminal complaint against the publication.

German cars are no doubt built to last. But the country's media industry has shown it can also take a lickin'. Consider ProSiebenSat, a major free-to-air broadcaster focused on German-language TV. Shareholders have had plenty of reason for concern lately: Private-equity firms KKR and Permira have sold 27% of the stock outstanding through discounted placements since early September. The two firms, which originally bought a controlling stake in ProSieben in 2007, still hold 17% of the shares outstanding and are likely to sell them before long.

The BBC is 'destroying' local newspapers by using its taxpayer-funded dominance to squeeze out competition, Theresa May has warned. The Home Secretary condemned the BBC for using the licence fee to fund websites in direct competition with regional and national newspapers.

A crowdfunding campaign was launched this week with the aim of raising GBP90,000 to bring to market a new monthly magazine called Linux Voice, by a team of former Future employees. The team includes Andrew Gregory, now editorial director of Linux Voice, and previously deputy editor and operations editor at Future's Linux Format magazine. One day in and the Linux Voice project has already been pledged more than 10 per cent of its goal on Indiegogo.

Home Secretary Theresa May has warned that the BBC's dominant position on the internet poses a threat to both local and national media. Addressing the Society of Editors May criticised the unfairness of a situation whereby the broadcaster was able to subsidise its online coverage with the license fee, thus squeezing out smaller operators.

The executive managing editor issued a call for the newspaper and magazine industry to defy the Government-backed press regulation Royal Charter Monday night. Esser was speaking at the Society of Editors conference annual dinner as he was presented with a fellowship of the Society in recognition of his services to journalism and the Society over the course of a 56-year-career in journalism.

Bravo's quartet of November premieres will include a cross-promotion deal withSpotify, which lands its first TV-focused partnership in the United States with this initiative. Spotify users will be pitched playlists for Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ("Mother's Little Helper," anyone?), Vanderpump Rules and Thicker Than Water in the coming weeks.