By John McCarthy Tesco has removed select John West tuna products from its shelves, claiming the move is a result of the company failing to reach its sustainability targets. However, it also comes amidst a massive consolidation drive by Tesco to try and reduce the number of branded lines on its shelves. Last year, added-sugar drinks aimed at children (such as Ribena and Capri-Sun) fell victim to the brand cull. The supermarket said that “decided to delist a number of core John West lines” last week after finding that since May, 80,000 people had petitioned for the removal of John West brands Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Rebecca Stewart Facebook found itself once again at the centre of new bias accusations yesterday when Wikileaks accused it of “censorship” after users online claimed they were being prevented from sharing links to files containing internal Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails. In a series of tweets, the non-profit group which publishes otherwise secret information referred to allegations that Facebook users were being obstructed from posting links to the DNC email dump. For those facing censorship on Facebook etc when trying to post links directly to WikiLeaks #DNCLeak try using https://t.co/2b9Kn1RITr — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) July 24, 2016 <p Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy John McCarthy A hacking group has gained access to leading porn website Pornhub, highlighting an exploitation that can be made via the the site’s PHP coding. The brand paid out a bounty of $20,000 to cyber-security group Evonide for alerting it to the vulnerability back in June. In return, the group relinquished control of the site, choosing not to leak any data on users and their viewing habits, news which would be a relief to many no doubt (see Ashley Madison leak). The group drafted a statement on its website detailing the hack, penned by Ruslan Habalov and hacker Dario Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Ronan Shields Ronan Shields, The Drum’s digital editor, observes advertiser-agency dynamics in the US where the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) published guidelines following last month’s controversial K2 Report, which recommended the creation of the role chief media officer in every brand marketing department. The main thrust of the advice was to ensure that transparency in the US media landscape, especially with regards to the issue of media rebates – a practice more commonly ‘accepted’ in the UK, but much more controversial/unspoken of on the other side of the Atlantic. Critics of the K2 Report The initial K2 Report itself was Read full story › Source: The Drum...
Read MoreBy Jennifer Faull British supermarkets have not felt the impact of the EU referendum result, but the sector is continuing to experience slow growth with sales overall up just one per cent on last year. Instead, it was England’s poor performance in the Euros (and sub-par summer weather) which has been causing grocery bosses the biggest headaches this quarter. It’s the first grocery share figures to be released by Kantar Worldpanel since the decision to Leave the EU was made. The research firm said that there has been “no immediate impact” on how much retailers are charging for goods, or how much consumers are Read full story › Source: The Drum...
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