• Amazon To Hire 75,000 More Workers To Keep Pace With Demand
    "The Telegraph" says Amazon is on a hiring spree for another 75,000 workers to keep pace with soaring demand from Britons shopping from home during the COVID-19 lockdown.
  • Apple And Google Collaborate On COVID-19 Tracing App
    "ITV News" is reporting that Apple and Google will be working together from next month onward on a mobile phone app that will use tracing technology to let people know whether they have been in the vicinity of a person with COVID-10.
  • COVID-19 Has Wiped GBP15bn Off The Value Of UK And US News Businesses
    "Press Gazette" has been looking at the numbers and has calculated publicly listed news organisations in the UK and US have lost GBP15bn off their market capitalisation before the COVID-19 outbreak.
  • Disney+ Doubles In Size To Hit 50m Subscribers
    "The Guardian" reports that Disney+ subscription rates have doubled since the COVID-19 outbreak, meaning it now has 50m subscribers. The paper points out that this has happened just five months after launch. It took Netflix seven years to hit the same membership milestone.
  • UK TV News Audiences Soar During COVID-19 Outbreak
    The COVID-19 outbreak has seen record UK audiences for television news shows. Channel 4 News saw its audience nearly treble during March, while ITV News is up around a fifth. More than 14m people tuned into the BBC's broadcast of the Queen's speech on the coronavirus Sunday evening, according to "Press Gazette."
  • Airbnb Restricts Bookings To Key Workers
    Following Government criticism over Airbnb hosts offering coronavirus retreats, the app is now only allowing NHS staff, and other key workers, to book on the site, the "BBC" reports.
  • UK Economy Was Already 'Struggling' Before COVID-19 Lockdown
    "Sky News" is claiming the UK economy was already "struggling" before the COVID-19 lockdown. Official statistics reveal the economy only grew by 0.1% in the three months to the end of February.
  • UK Ministers Call On Brands To Advertise Next To COVID-19 Stories
    "The Guardian" is reporting on the Government calling for advertisers to support local and national newspapers by allowing their ad technology to place ads next to COVID-19 stories. The fact that many use brand protection tools to prevent their names appearing next to bad news means newspapers could suffer serious losses at what should be a boom time due to larger audiences.
  • The Queen's Speech To Be Splashed Across Piccadilly Lights
    The Queen's morale-boosting speech to the nation on COVID-19 is being splashed on the famous Piccadilly Lights this month. "Campaign" reveals the words of encouragement to the nation will not be seen alongside other advertising but will instead fill the entire wrap-around screen.
  • Jack Dorsey Pledges A Billion Dollars To Tackle COVID-19
    Twitter founder has pledged to donate a billion dollars, a quarter of his vast fortune, to tackle COVID-19, "The Guardian" writes.
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