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Gary Lineker in talks with Walkers crisps over Sun advertising

The face of the snack maker supports campaign to convince firms not to advertise with newspapers that ‘stir hostility’ towards refugees

M&S takes on spectre of John Lewis with Bond-style Christmas ad

Retailer aims to warm hearts with advert showing ‘Mrs Claus’ racing to help a six-year-old boy get a present to his sister

ITN to cut 50 jobs as it seeks to increase revenue by half

Bulk of losses comes from deal to outsource sales of its news footage archive to stock photo agency Getty Images

John Lewis Christmas ads: watch all the previous ones here

As retailer releases 2016 Buster campaign, we look back at history of this annual institution, from 2007’s Shadows onwards

ITV revenues hit by ‘cautious’ advertisers

Broadcaster faces worst year-on-year fall since 2008 in the fourth quarter

John Lewis unveils Christmas ad starring a dog on a trampoline

Two-minute commercial features real and CGI animals and is a departure from emotion-laden tearjerkers of recent years

The Trump brand: what happens to his business when he becomes president?

Donald Trump’s floundering casinos and hotels do not cater to his supporters’ demographics and Trump TV’s plan will shift without the main hosts, experts say

Sky planning to close a quarter of its UK stores

Staff told broadcaster wants to close 60 out of its 260 retail units, putting 170 jobs at risk

Channel 5 reports first back-to-back year of profit

Broadcaster’s pre-tax profit soars by almost 50% to £58.9m thanks to shows including Celebrity Big Brother and The X-Files

Festive fake: viewers fooled by student’s John Lewis Christmas ad

Video spoof of the retailer’s celebrated seasonal tear-jerkers created by Nick Jablonka for his media A-level was a runaway hit on YouTube

Christmas TV ads – the search for a cracker, the fear of a turkey

Anticipation is building ahead of the latest John Lewis Xmas ad. So popular have they become it’s easy to forget they are meant primarily to boost sales

The New European publisher puts up to 60 roles at risk in digital move

Newspaper and magazine owner Archant to create dozens of new web roles as it cuts back print operation

Telegraph axes metered paywall and launches premium subscription service

Majority of online articles to be free but ‘most unique, in-depth’ journalism will be for premium subscribers only priced from £2 a week

Facebook’s profits soar as it continues to swallow online advertising market

Near tripling of the social media giant’s profits comes at a time when traditional news publishers are hemorrhaging ad dollars and announcing cutbacks

UK Christmas ad spend to hit record high of over £5bn

Google and Facebook to benefit most as top brands target online audience with bumper budgets

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