Peace and goodwill to all (except pigeons): John Lewis spreads the love with its Christmas advert

It’s got flying hedgehogs, bad haircuts and the return of Moon Hitler, but this year’s TV ad is all about people being nice to each other – well, kind of

John Lewis Christmas ad stars children, snowmen and hip-hop pigeons

Covid edition of annual TV advert focuses on kindness rather than gift-giving

Advertisers’ clamour for Christmas TV airtime boosts ITV recovery

Ad revenues in final three months of the year on track to beat last year’s performance

UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity

‘World-leading’ proposal delights health campaigners and dismays advertising industry

Netflix hires ITN chief Anna Mallett to run its global studios

Move comes as streaming giant pours billions into its own TV shows and films

Spotify to let artists promote music for cut in royalty rates

Musicians condemn payola-style deal to give some songs an algorithmic boost

Hollywood firm to build £300m film and TV studio in Dagenham

Production complex will create 1,200 jobs and contribute £35m a year to east London economy

Facebook leak reveals policies on restricting New York Post’s Biden story

Moderators had to manually intervene to limit distribution of Hunter Biden report

Sixth-form student revealed to be behind ‘Woolworths reopening’ fake news

Dozens of news sites ran articles saying chain was back based on a typo-strewn Twitter page

Woolworths high street ‘relaunch’ turns out to be fake news

Several news organisations run stories after unverified Twitter account called @UKWoolworths said store would be returning

Facebook moderators forced to work in Dublin office despite high-tier lockdown

Exclusive: Contract staff deemed essential workers as firm’s own employees work from home

They built it, but people did not come: the cautionary tale of Quibi

It had big backers and star names, but short-form Netflix rival failed to deliver content in the way people want to consume it

Rishi Sunak’s ex-Goldman Sachs boss emerges as next possible BBC chair

Former Conservative party donor Richard Sharp was appointed as chancellor’s advisor in April

Quibi: shortform streaming service to shut down after six months

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s $1.75bn Netflix competitor is to close after failing to meet subscriber goals

US justice department sues Google over accusation of illegal monopoly

Lawsuit accuses tech company of abusing its position to dominate search and search advertising