Rise in gambling ad spend fuels fears over impact on children Betting firms spent £1.5bn on marketing last year while U-18 problem-gambling increased
Value of Scotsman news titles collapses from £160m to £4m Edinburgh-based newspapers’ plummeting value revealed in Johnston Press creditors report
Cinema release – a twist in the tale as Netflix goes hunting for Oscars Streaming service hopes awards will cement its role as digital upstart taking on Hollywood
UK ban on Kellogg’s Coco Pops children’s TV advert overturned Obesity campaigners criticise U-turn on granola ad that used sugary brand’s character
Body that rejected Iceland Christmas ad ‘faced storm of abuse’ Clearcast says it had to shut Facebook page after it rejected film for being political
Man named John Lewis stars in Twitter UK’s Christmas ad US lecturer receives more than 50,000 tweets a year meant for the British retailer
Noel Edmonds likely to file £60m Lloyds lawsuit on Wednesday TV star, expected to join I’m a Celebrity this week, says gains will fund charity to help banking victims
Owner of the Scotsman and i newspapers enters administration Johnston Press, which also owns the Yorkshire Post, has debts of £220m and failed to find a buyer
EE and Virgin Media fined £13.3m for overcharging customers Almost 500,000 broadband and phone customers affected by excessive exit fees, says Ofcom
Elton John’s John Lewis Christmas ad: it could have been so different The retailer’s festive advert has the singer recalling heartwarming memories. What if it had focused on some of the artist’s less endearing moments?
Elton John brings star quality to John Lewis Christmas advert Festive extravaganza charts performer’s path to stardom set to his Your Song anthem
Iceland to let loose animatronic orangutan after Christmas ad ban Retailer’s choice highlighting impact of palm oil production is deemed too political for TV
Festive advertisers dump TV for online media TV ad spend expected to fall by almost £44m in final quarter, despite overall rise
Poldark producers buy rights to damning Sir Philip Green biography Life of Topshop owner, who faces allegations of bullying and sexual harassment, could be dramatised
Deja vu: Sainsbury’s Christmas ad smacks of John Lewis campaign Both feature school plays and samey straplines, but Sainsbury’s is ‘not worried’