"Marketing Week" research shows that B2C marketers are nearly twice as likely to have been made redundant, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, than their counterparts in B2B.

The University of Oxford's Big Data Institute has crunched the numbers and calculated that a COVID-19 tracing app could halt the spread of the disease but would need four in five members of the public to use it, "BBC News" reports.

The French copyright regulator has ruled Google must negotiate with publishers for the rights to feature their content in general search results as well as news search results. "Press Gazette" reveals publishers in Germany are pushing for a similar ruling in their own market.

Facebook is to roll out posts pushing people to check out factual information offered by the World Health Organisation. "The Guardian" reports that the social media giant will put the posts on pages belonging to people who have engaged with content that features potentially harmful misinformation on COVID-19.

"The Guardian" reveals that the National Union of Journalists is calling for an immediate windfall tax on the tech giants to pay for local and national newspapers to carry on reporting on COVID-19 during economically challenging times.

It's 'School Report' time of year at "Campaign" and amid several articles offering league table for agencies the big news at the end of 2019 is very little has changed with the holding companies which are, as in 2018, ranked WPP, Omnicom, Publicis Groupe and Dentsu Aegis. The main shift in the table, according to Nielsen's figures, is Interpublic leaping above Havas in fifth and sixth spots.

Apple is taking order for a second-generation iPhone SE from this Friday, according to "City A.M." The new phone will be the company's most affordable, retailing from GBP419.

The National Union of Journalists is warning that it will go bust within two years if it does not put up subscriptions. "Press Gazette" reports that a meeting to discuss putting up fees was due to take place recently but was cancelled due to the lockdown.

The paradox of COVID-19 is laid bare today with "The Guardian" revealing that despite soaring audience figures, it is to furlough a hundred non-editorial staff as it is revealed internal figures suggest revenue will decrease by 10% in the first half of this year.

Their rise to infamy was documented in the recent ITV tv series, "Quiz," but now Charles and Diana Ingram are appealing the decision to withhold a million -pound prize from appearing on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire", according to "The Guardian." Charles was accused of winning the jackpot prize after being prompted by a friend coughing when correct answers were read out.