The downgrade is driven primarily by slowdowns in growth in China (due to ongoing lockdowns) and the US.

In brief: the UK box office surpassed £878m for the year through November, ;ed by a fairly strong UK showing from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.

Magna has downgraded its 2023 ad industry growth forecast by 1.5 points, but described impressive performance by traditional media companies in 2022.

In brief: Head of US digital journalism at the BBC, Saeed Ahmed, announced their intended expansion on social media.

In brief: the layoffs affected “hundreds” of staff members, but reportedly remained in the “single-digits” as a percentage of CNN’s total staff.

In brief: a group of British website publishers have filed a class action lawsuit against Google and its parent company Alphabet alleging anti-competitive practices.

In brief: ITV has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Paramount to air added content on its soon-to-launch streaming service ITVX.

But WFA research also revealed a disconnect between agency and client perceptions of major challenges.

In brief: ‘Wednesday’ scored 341.23 million total viewing hours, besting this year’s ‘Stranger Things 4’.

In brief: audio company Sonos has expanded its relationship with SiriusXM subsidiary AdsWizz.