As BuzzFeed and Vice, among others, cut jobs, "The Guardian" had done some adding up and believes there have been two thousand online journalist redundancies recently. The paper is asking the question whether free market forces are compatible with quality online journalism.

First came a 50m Euro fine from CNIL in France, and now "The Telegraph" is reporting that the ICO in London is starting an investigation to establish whether Google is breaking privacy laws since GDPR became law last May.

The Minister for School, Nick Gibb, has told the BBC he believes children should be banned from taking smartphones into school. He expressed the view ahead of upcoming new guidance for schools from the Government on how to handle pupils who want to have access to mobile devices.

Adam & Eve/DDB has won a four-way shootout for Unilever's Surf account. The washing detergent ran the process in the final quarter of last year with Analog Folk, Ogilvy and Karmarama all believed to have been involved, Campaign reveals.

"The Economist" has launched "The Intelligence," a free daily podcast for Americans commuting to work and late-morning British listeners who want to keep up with current affairs both sides of the Atlantic in a single podcast, "Press Gazette" reports.

GoCompare has whittled down the contenders for its advertising account to Droga5 London, TBWA\London and Anomaly London, "Campaign" reports.

Uber Eats is to be the new sponsor of ITV2 hit show, "Love Island," "The Drum" reports. Details of the deal have not been announced, but the site believes the GBP2.25m paid by Superdrug for the past three seasons has potentially been doubled.

According to "Marketing Week," Unilever is planning to invest some of the GBP1.75bn it intends to save in efficiencies back into marketing hubs in a process it describes as forgetting "the old ways of marketing."

A US judge has found Syria's Assad regime responsible for the killer of British war journalist Marie Colvin and awarded damages of of $302m, "Press Gazette" reports.

Uber has pulled its app from Barcelona, according to "The Telegraph." It follows public demonstrations and a city-wide cab strike which led the Catalan authorities to pass stricter rules regarding taxi hailing, which included a 15-minute wait between requesting a cab online and being picked up. Uber cars were also banned from circling the streets waiting for a job.