By Thomas Hobbs

In a speech at the Oxford Media Convention, Whittingdale said ad blockers could kill off the newspaper and music industries as he vowed to set up a round table involving major publishers, social media brands and ad blocking companies to “address” the problem.

Whittingdale said: “If people don’t pay in some way for content, then that content will eventually no longer exist and that’s as true for the latest piece of journalism as it is for the new album from Muse.”

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Source: Marketing Week