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Karen Bradley, the culture secretary, is “minded” to refer 21st Century Fox’s bid for full control of Sky to the Competition and Markets Authority, setting up a second phase of an investigation into media plurality.

Sir Martin Sorrell takes “appropriate measures” on his own IT staff.

Facebook wants to go to Hollywood, Twitter wants to be a newsbrand and Google is facing a fine of eye-watering sums. It’s been an interesting week for social media, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Kerry McCabe, RadiumOne’s global president, is to leave the company immediately and Newsline understands that jobs are at risk in the UK operation.

Nick Brien will replace Nigel Morris as chief executive of its Americas and US business, while Morris has been promoted to the newly-created role of chief strategy and innovation officer.

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WPP said it was taking “appropriate measures”, but some Twitter users reported that entire office systems were down, with a demand to decrypt files in exchange for money.

The new InLinkUK kiosks, created via a partnership with BT, Primesight and Intersection, will provide free Wi-Fi, calls and phone charging services – all funded by the incorporated digital advertising.

Bob Wootton examines the driving forces that have led to a rare joint call from the bodies representing agencies and clients over data accountability.

It is the largest ever fine in this type of antitrust case, ahead of Intel’s €1.06 billion fine in 2009.