City A.M.
Uber will be checking how many drivers have logged on to work today after drivers called a 24-hour strike starting from this afternoon, City AM reports. The industrial action has been called over rates of pay and treatment of drivers.
The Drum
It is not good news for Reach, the company known as Trinity Mirror. Print revenue is down 20% and circulations are down an average of 4% too. over the past quarter, compared to the year before. Digital revenue is up 7%, however, and the company expects to be making GBP20m a year savings by 2020, "The Drum? reports.
The Drum
Facebook's VP for EMEA, Nicola Mendelsohn, has been answering questions from "The Drum" to reveal her most hated buzzword is "silo," the Levi's Laundrette ad is her favourite campaign and she started out work helping at her family's catering company. And don't ask her how she balances being a VP with raising four kids, unless you're prepared to ask her husband the same question.
The Telegraph
PayPal has been in talks with the UK tax man and the results speak for themselves. After paying just GBP159,000 last year, the US tech giant has now agreed to pay GBP4.13m, "The Telegraph" reports. However, the company still does not break out UK revenue in its accounts.
BBC
Facebook's tax bill has trebled in the UK to GBP15.8m. However, the BBC points out that it will only pay around a half of that total due to a tax credit handed out in relation to it handing shares to staff members.
Campaign
A new political movement, which could end up fielding candidates for future elections, is looking for an ad agency. The Unite for Change party will formally launch once the UK leaves the EU at the end of March 2019. According to Campaign, one of its themes is to ensure politicians are made aware of thinking around the country, outside the so-called Westminster "bubble."
Sky News
It's not good news for marketers. Sky News has been crunching the numbers and claims that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the UK is recovering at a slower rate than the US did from the Great Depression.
The Telegraph
Apple is in talks with BT to form a partnership that could see the telecoms giant's mobile brand, EE, ship Apple TV set-top boxes that are pre-loaded with apps to view BT content, including BT Sports, "The Telegraph" reports.
The Mirror UK
The "Google You Owe Us" bid to sue the tech giant for at least a billion pounds, possibly as much as GBP3.3bn, was blocked today in the High Court in London, "The Mirror" reports.
Press Gazette
Hugely popular social media viral video publisher, Unilad has been placed into administration with debts of GBP6m, including GBP5m its founder claims is owed to him, "Press Gazette" reports.