Amazon and Deliveroo are hitting back at what they consider to be a "flawed" decision by the CMA to investigate a proposed investment by the ecommerce giant in the well-known food delivery brand, "Sky News" reports.

As it emerges that nearly 10,000 retail jobs have already been lost this year, before January is even over, Netimperative is among many titles wondering if anything can be done to save the high street -- and whether 5G technology could improve customer experience in-store to help restore footfall.

The Government has rejected calls for it to set up an Institute for Public Interest News, as recommended by the Cairncross Review. "Press Gazette" reveals that the official response suggests it is not up to government to take a lead on setting up such an organisation.

The Advertising Association has formed a Climate Action group which will work with brands and other trade bodies to lay out a coordinated plan to tackle climate change, "The Drum" reports.

"The Times" features an interesting read this morning on how textbook publishers are suffering in the digital age through competition from the likes of Amazon, but also a new service -- Perlego, which the paper describes as the Spotify of education publishing. Rather than buy huge volumes, students can pick and choose which chapters to read.

"Press Gazette" brings news that newspaper websites have received confirmation that the ICO's 15-point plan around designing sites to better protect children applies to them. This means sites will either have to raise the bar on their default data collection settings or establish a means to identify the age of their users.

The UK Government has announced it will not implement controversial Article 13 of the EU Copyright Directive once the country leaves the EU. The BBC reveals that several companies have complained about the law -- in particular the big tech firms -- claiming that by making them responsible for taking down copyrighted material, the internet would not be able to work.

The US is insisting that its tech giants are protected from a new wave of harsher regulation being introduced across Europe after the UK leaves the EU. "The Telegraph" claims that protecting the likes of Facebook and Google will be central to trade talks, which will require the tech giants to be seen as intermediaries rather than publishers responsible for content users post on their sites.

The Government is setting up a body to oversee tech regulation, which will be headed by the head of regulatory affairs at BT, City A.M. reports. The new body will look at the pace of technological advances to discover whether regulation is keeping pace.

Peugeot has been unveiled as the sponsor of Sky's new comedy channel, which launches today, "Campaign" reveals.