BEGINS The Drum media and marketing magazine: “The prevalence of ad blocking is showing no signs of slowing according to a new report from the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), which found an additional 1.3 million people have adopted the technology since June; however, the uptake on mobile hasn’t been the apocolypse which some predicted.”
Read more, here.
Among those also reporting the story is MediaWeek, here.
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AND, staying with The Drum, it has issued a call for entries to its online media awards.
It says: “Now in their sixth year, The Drum Online Media Awards identify the cleverest, boldest and most original purveyors of news and views from around the world. Is that you? Then you need to enter.”
Read more, here.
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DAVID LEASK, chief reporter at The Herald, reports that Scotland’s most senior prosecutor – Lord Advocate, Frank Mulholland – has contacted BBC Scotland, about the accuracy of its reporting of last year’s tragic ‘Glasgow bin lorry crash’.
It is his paper’s front page splash, and can be read, here.
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AND also in The Herald, columnist and director of the Scottish Newspaper Society, John McLellan, begins: “It was one of those ‘engage brain before mouth’ moments, when Commons leader, Chris Grayling, complained that journalists were only using freedom of information law to research stories.
“Well, d’uh, Chris. That’s what journalists do, especially when those in power say their questions can’t be answered. But at least we media types should be grateful for such a perfect summary of its value.”
Read more, here.
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