Google Apologises as Firms Pull Ads
Google's European head apologised after company ads appeared alongside extremist content.
Google's European head apologised after company ads appeared alongside extremist content. Jasmine Montgomery is chief executive of advertising agency Seven Brands, and explains the challenges Google faces in trying to deal with the problem. Also in the programme, the telecoms giant Vodafone has merged its Indian business with Idea Cellular, as a price war in India's mobile market intensifies. Madavan Narayanan is a columnist and technology writer on the Hindustan Times, and assesses the deal. Salaries for Kenya's lawmakers have become a political issue ahead of elections in August, with President Kenyatta promising a 20% cut to his salary. Yvonne Okwara is a journalist from KTN TV in Nairobi, and tells us why Kenyatta's administration has failed to reduce salaries so far. With talk of a new Scottish independence referendum, the 大象传媒's Dave Howard finds out how the country's economy has changed since the last vote on whether to go it alone. Plus Lucy Kellaway of the Financial Times considers how bereavement made her re-examine her career in journalism.
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