Daily Press Summary | Friday 22 February 2019

YouTube sold adverts linked to paedophilia
Brands such as Nestlé, Disney and Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, have suspended advertising on YouTube after their ads appeared on videos exploited by paedophiles.
The Times (£)

TfL vows to help brands as junk food ad ban begins
Advertising Association warns regulation is ‘complicated’ for advertisers.
Campaign (£)

BBC to broadcast radio using 5G in Orkney
The BBC is to run a six-week experiment broadcasting radio programmes using 5G technology as part of a wider public trial in Stronsay, Orkney.
Radio Today

BRITs ratings down again, but show pulls in young viewers
The 2019 BRIT Awards pulled in an average 4.1 million viewers on ITV1 earlier this week.
Music Week

IAB accuses privacy campaigners of ‘deliberately’ trying to wreck online ad industry
Legal row over real-time bidding auctions involving use of personal data in serving programmatic ads.
Campaign (£)

CMA launches inquiry into Global’s Exterion deal
The deal would catapult Global into second place in the out-of-home media industry.
Campaign (£)

How The Guardian built an Oscar-nominated documentary studio inside its news business
The Guardian is up for an Oscar this weekend for a haunting film that features sickening scenes of racial violence and reduced the head of Guardian Documentaries to tears.
The Drum

Michael Jackson estate suing HBO for $100m over tell-all documentary
The singer’s estate is claiming the network is breaching a 1992 non-disparagement contract by airing a two-part documentary alleging sexual abuse against children.
The Guardian

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