BBC
Any marketing execs about to pre-order FIFA 20 might need to know that according to the BBC, it is the first edition of the game where a major team is missing. Juventus has signed an exclusive deal with a rival football computer game, PES, and so will not appear.
The Telegraph
Big news in "The Telegraph." It is predicting the European Commission will launch an anti-trust investigation into Amazon before the week is out. The formal investigation will focus on the etailing giant's use of third-party data from other retailers who sell on its site.
Campaign
Interpublic's UM is the big victor in Mattel's media review, "Campaign" reports. It has picked up briefs spanning EMEA and Asia Pac. The incumbent for many of the accounts was Carat.
Press Gazette
HuffPost UK has closed its blogging section which, "Press Gazette" reports, many people thought defined the site. The site claimed this was getting in the way of its original journalism and has launched an opinion section instead.
Campaign
"Campaign" is reporting WPP will not pitch for Disney's $4bn global media account because of concerns of a potential conflict of interest with its current customer, Comcast.
The Guardian
Sky's much-applauded decision to allow Channel 4 to broadcast the Cricket World Cup final saw the exciting final, won by England, hit a peak of audience of 4.6m. "The Guardian" points out that this was still below the audience that watched England's women football team play in the recent World Cup semi-final and was half the peak audience that tuned into the Wimbledon final.
The Telegraph
"The Telegraph" reminds readers that today representatives from big tech companies will face their first Senate grilling in an investigation to establish whether they truly are abusing their power and crushing opposition both in the US and Europe.
The Times
The "Times" reveals the former FT owner, Pearson, is taking a lead by going digital-only with its range of education books in the US. The new model is like Netflix for education publishing, meaning that students do not need to buy books but will instead subscribe to a service that supplies them to their computer, tablet and mobile phone.
Press Gazette
Carole Cadwalladr says she will fight libel action from Aaron Banks. The "Observer" journalist who helped to break the Cambridge Analytica story and has written extensively about Brexit and the funding of the Leave.eu movement through Banks, its co-founder, is confident that her reports linking him to offers of overseas funding will stand up in court, "Press Gazette" reveals.
BBC
Facebook has agreed to GBP3m funding for a new a fake ad service that allows users to report untrue claims or when a celebrity's photo is being used without their agreement, the BBC reports. The move is a deal with MoneySavingExpert founder, Martin Lewis, who was taking the social giant to court over ads that feature his photo but which he has not endorsed.