More than 17,000 people have signed up to join an Austrian law student's class action against Facebook over the social media group's alleged violations of its users' privacy, the student said on Tuesday. Max Schrems, 26, appealed last week to a billion Facebook users to join a claim he filed at Vienna's commercial court. Under Austrian law a group of people may transfer their financial claims to a single person - in this case, Schrems. Legal proceedings are then effectively run as a class action.

Currently 54% of readers primarily accessCosmopolitan.co.uk via mobile devices, a figure that is growing daily, say the publishers. The new site has therefore been fully optimised and developed to prioritise mobile and social media, making it easier to share content with enhanced social share buttons, easy navigation and a clean streamlined layout.

The agreement means that the Spanish football club will be using Dailymotion as its exclusive video platform. An FC Barcelona channel is also launching on Dailymotion, which will feature hundreds of videos and live streams - including press conferences and player interviews - uploaded monthly during the season. In addition, video content will include Barcelona's five-a-side, handball and basketball teams.

A Hong Kong-based businessman who is seeking an injunction against Google has been given leave to serve proceedings on the California-based internet search giant out of the jurisdiction. Mr Justice Bean also said the dispute between banker Daniel Hegglin and Google should also be dealt with at a full trial.

US media group Gannett, which owns USA Today and the UK local publisher Newsquest, says splitting its publishing and digital operations into two separate businesses will "drive innovation" - and could lead to more media acquisitions. The group hopes the move will create "an emerging digital powerhouse" on the one side, while remaining committed to "award-winning journalism" across multiple platforms on the other, according to Gracia Martore, chief executive of Gannett, speaking during a conference call to investors yesterday.

On Monday, Bauer announced the creation of Bauer Venture Partners, with EUR100 million ($134 million) lined up for a decade's worth of investments. Created alongside VC Thomas Preuss, late of Neuhaus Partners, the fund will invest in European tech startups at a range of stages. As I noted when Google came to town with a $100 million fund a few weeks back, the days of European startups complaining about a lack of local capital seem to be fast receding.

Kenshoo's latest research finds that quarterly search advertising spend is up 23% - noting that in the UK 38% of all paid search clicks during the quarter came from mobile. Take a look at their infographic for more interesting statistics between Q2 in 2013 and now.

Reporting to Sophie Robinson, Colin Kennedy will be tasked with working closely with content and commercial teams to ensure Metro continues to create impactful content marketing solutions for its clients. Hs promotion further strengthens 'Story', Metro's internal creative agency. Story was launched to help media agencies service their clients by offering them an extension of their own planning department, creatively supplying everything from pitch through to production.

BBC Worldwide has appointed Tobi De Graaff to the position of executive vice president of Western Europe to oversee TV and digital sales. De Graaff, who left ITV Studios earlier this year after the company restructured, will run the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster's activities in Western Europe.

The right to be forgotten has been a continuing source of trouble for Google since the European Court of Justice ruled that the search engine was obliged to remove links deemed "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant". According to a letter written to the Article 29 Working Party, the EU's data protection group, Google has received more than 91,000 removal requests so far. But what else did it tell us about the process? Here's what you need to know.