• Grassroots Organisation Set To Launch Petition To Protect The BBC
    "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.
  • Facebook London Office Closes Over Coronavirus
    Facebook has shut down its London office so it can be deep-cleaned after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, "The Independent" reveals.
  • Virgin Media Data Breach Included Links To Porn Sites
    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.
  • Call To Label Body Shaming As Hate Speech
    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."
  • Colin Firth's Production Company Targets The Small Screen
    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.
  • Leo Burnett Wins Vision Express Creative Account
    Leo Burnett has been announced as the new creative agency for Vision Express, "Campaign" reveals.
  • News UK Wireless And Bauer Media Partner On Radio Ad Platform
    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.
  • 'Disgust' As Amazon Retailers Try To Sell Hand Sanitiser Gel For More Than GBP100
    "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.
  • 'The Independent' Enjoys Third Year In A Row Online Only And Profitable
    "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.
  • Virgin Media Marketing Database Left Online And Unprotected
    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.
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