Newspapers have received some good news as the Government confirms newsagents are deemed essential and so can remain open, "Press Gazette" reports.

"Netimperative" is reporting on Disney+ launching in Europe just as people are being placed on lockdown, causing a surge in demand for streamed entertainment.

Local newspaper group, Newsquest, is placing a significant number of staff on furlough and those that remain in their roles will have to take a pay cut, "Press Gazette" reports.

"The Times" is reporting businesses that are struggling to stay afloat are finding it difficult to get through to banks to arrange the emergency loans the Chancellor announced last week and which went live yesterday.

VW is reviewing its digital marketing arrangements, putting Tribal Worldwide on alert, "Campaign" reports.

The "Big Issue," the magazine sold by homeless people, faces collapse if 60,000 people don't sign up to subscribe, its founder has warned "Press Gazette."

"The Guardian" reveals more than a million people tuned in to Joe Wicks' first free live YouTube workout session. The fitness guru is offering a 9am workout that kids and parents can join in with to help keep the country fit while staying at home.

Manchester City is seeking to replace its media agency PHD Manchester which it split with back in October, "Campaign" reports.

"Time Out" has rebranded itself "Time In" and will now provide Londoners with online-only advice on home entertainment, now that there are virtually no commuters to receive its free weekly guide to what is going on in the capital, "The Guardian" writes.

London's free newspaper, the "Evening Standard," is to be home delivered in a bid to keep its circulation around the 500,000 mark, Mediatel reports. The paper is usually handed out at train and tube stations but has struggled with its circulation now that so many people are working from home.