There is a very handy list of retailers and how they fared over Christmas on "Sky News." John Lewis and Jigsaw did well on the high street, and it was good news for the discounter supermarkets. M&S, House of Fraser and Mothercare did not do as well, reporting year-on-year losses.

Sir Richard Branson has ordered Virgin Rail bosses to reinstate the "Daily Mail." He claims to have not been involved in last week's decision to cease selling the paper and that he is opposed to a ban that amounts to censorship, "The Guardian" reveals.

Netimperative has a rundown of what it believes were the main trends at this year's CES. Google's IoT push gets top billing, and there are also augmented reality sunglasses, self-driving Segways and Honda robots to check out.

The EU's panel of experts for tackling fake news met for the first time yesterday. However, as "Press Gazette" reports, it failed to achieve its initial objective of agreeing on a definition of fake news.

Email marketers will find an infographic in Netimperative interesting. The research shows that most people have two or three addresses and that 44% have set up an email address purely as an inbox for marketing messages. Unsubscribes are nearly evenly split between recipients either receiving too many message or having no memory of signing up in the first place.

Unilever has appointed AnalogFolk as its digital agency of record in the UK, "Campaign" reports.

Consolidation continues as Omnicom roles former stand-alone media agency Rocket into Hearts & Science UK. "Campaign" reveals clients will make the move with the agency to its new home and no redundancies are expected.

Havas has announced that it is the latest media agency to be certified for both brand safety and anti-fraud by JICWEBS, the independent standards body for digital marketing, according to Mobile Marketing.

There is a welcome note from Editor In Chief Katharine Viner with "The Guardian" today. The newspaper has changed size to a tabloid, and the site features a new layout and font.

Sir Martin Sorrell predicted in a speech at CES on Friday that the sports rights market is only set to become more crowded as big players enter the fray, "Campaign" reports. Google, Facebook and Amazon are the new big players that he believes will intensify the battle for the most lucrative sports deals.