Culture secretary John Whittingdale expected to take on adblocking threat and back motion to pass BBC regulation to Ofcom
Culture secretary John Whittingdale is expected to warn of the dangers of adblocking for the newspaper industry at the Oxford Media Convention today (2 March), the Guardian reports.
Adblocking has taken a sharp rise in the UK with 22 per cent of Britons now utilising some form of the software, rising from 18 per cent in October, according to the most recent report from the IAB.
His speech will come a day after the publication of a government review on the BBC, which suggested that regulatory oversight of the BBC should be passed to media watchdog Ofcom, a motion which Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
