The Guardian
"The Guardian" reports a new grassroots body called "It's Our BBC" will launch today with a game of "Cummings Whack-a-Mole" outside the BBC's London HQ. The organisation is expected to launch a national petition for the Government to leave the Corporation alone.
The Independent
Facebook has shut down its London office so it can be deep-cleaned after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, "The Independent" reveals.
BBC
The "BBC" is reporting the Virgin Media data breach was more serious than at first thought. Researchers are now saying the leaked database of customer information included details on porn sites they had visited. The company has clarified that only a small proportion of the 900,000 customer records involved in the breach contained compromising information.
The Telegraph
Body shaming should be considered a form of hate speech that should be outlawed under the new duty of care the Government is due to place social media companies under, according to an interview with former ballerina Baroness Deborah Bull in "The Telegraph."
The Guardian
Colin Firth's movie production company is moving into tv, "The Guardian" reports. Raindog Films is behind movies including "Official Secrets" and has now accepted a BFI grant from a fund set up to help British film producers take on the might of Netflix in streaming television shows.
Campaign
Leo Burnett has been announced as the new creative agency for Vision Express, "Campaign" reveals.
NetImperative
News UK Wireless and Bauer Media have partners on a new audio advertising platform, Octave Audio, which allows each side to use first-party data to help advertisers reach radio listeners at a larger scale. Netimperative reminds that the deal means that for the first time, campaigns can be bought, in one place, across talkSport, Kiss, Absolute Radio and Magic, among other stations.
Sky News
"Sky News" is reporting on Amazon users' "disgust" at some online retailers trying to profit from the coronavirus outbreak by charging more than GBP100 for bottles of hand sanitiser.
Press Gazette
"The Independent" has said advertising revenue was up 10% in its last financial year, meaning it has now spend three years in profit as an online-only paper, Press Gazette reports.
BBC
A marketing database containing personal information of 900,000 Virgin Media customers was left unsecured for 10 months. The BBC is reporting it is not believed the database was hacked but was rather left unprotected, prompting a security research to discover the lapse in security, which has now been reported to the ICO.