ITV bolsters evening news as Piers Morgan prepares attack
Mr Murdoch will once again attempt to prise viewers away from traditional broadcasters with hourly news bulletins, sports, entertainment and current affairs shows. It marks a return…
Broadband users hit by ‘work from home tax’ as BT raises prices by almost 10pc
Other companies have similar arrangements. TalkTalk is set to increase bills for as many as 4m customers by 9.1pc in April, according to the consumer group Which?, and…
BBC online news expansion ‘threatens future of local papers’
The BBC has been urged to scrap plans to expand its online news empire amid fears it will put regional news publishers out of business. The News Media…
Television company duped banks for loans worth £280m, say administrators
A collapsed broadcaster that worked on the Euro 2020 football tournament and Glastonbury duped banks into lending it £280m for assets that did not exist, administrators have…
Vin Murria sparks M&C Saatchi bid speculation with 10pc stake
Vin Murria, the software entrepreneur, has raised speculation of a takeover bid for M&C Saatchi after her acquisition vehicle bought a 10pc stake in the business. Her…
Disgraced Afiniti founder Zia Chishti plots comeback weeks after quitting over harassment claims
A technology entrepreneur facing sex assault allegations is plotting a comeback at his star-studded business just weeks after being forced to quit. Zia Chishti is seeking a…
Commuting collapse hits LBC and Classic FM owner with £226m loss
The owner of LBC and Classic FM has sunk deeper into the red as the collapse of commuting on the London Underground helped wipe more than two…
Rise of newsletter offers regional news a lifeline
When a data breach was exposed at Greater Manchester Police, subscribers to an embryonic news outfit were among the first to know. The exclusive story about the…
Foreign appetite for classic British TV shows helps producers weather Covid
ITV Studios found Love Island, Schitt’s Creek and Line of Duty were the most popular with overseas buyers, while All3Media’ strongest sales came from It’s a Sin,…
Mobile phone mast takeover ‘threatens higher bills’
Consumers are threatened with higher mobile phone bills if a £9bn takeover of mobile masts by the Spanish infrastructure empire Cellnex is allowed to go ahead as…
LadBible aims to beat BuzzFeed in viral media battle
Mahmud Kamani, the fast fashion tycoon who founded Boohoo, became an early backer because he liked the “good vibe about it” and how it could “translate into…
Getty Images comes back to the stock market with $4.8bn listing
One of the world’s richest families is preparing to list Getty Images through a “blank cheque” merger that will value the stock image supplier at $4.8bn (£3.6bn). …
Simon McCoy quits GB News as Eamonn Holmes takes on BBC at breakfast
It bolsters GB News’ attempt to seize audience share from BBC Breakfast and ITV’s Good Morning Britain. ITV dominates the morning commercial TV market with a share…
Channel 4 adds Jeremy Corbyn defender to board after claiming it’s not Left-wing
A vocal Labour supporter who labelled Boris Johnson a “nasty piece of work” and defended Jeremy Corbyn over antisemitism allegations has been appointed to the board of…
Song rights pioneer Hipgnosis faces uphill battle to keep the music playing
Massarsky responded by accusing Stifel of making “a number of mistaken claims regarding the methodology” and said there was no intention to “bump” value. Mercuriadis told The…
Josh Widdicombe: ‘I was basically like a young Alan Sugar’
Josh Widdicombe, 38, is best known for co-hosting the late-night comedy talk show The Last Leg on Channel 4. He wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom…
Sophie Raworth to take on Andrew Marr’s Sunday morning slot until BBC finds permanent new host
During her career, the Surrey-born newsreader has worked as a senior presenter on the BBC News at Six and the BBC News at Ten. She also presents…
GB News and Donald Trump join forces on the comeback trail
It was a dangerous display of hubris for a broadcaster that is struggling to break free of its calamity-strewn image. Yet its newfound confidence is not completely…
Decline of the stock market has made BT a plaything for international billionaires
Yet if anything, a more favourable regulatory environment has strengthened BT’s hand, not weakened it, and no one will ever be able to build another BT, regardless…
Afiniti founder quits investment firm in wake of sex assault claims
The Bermuda-based company counts Princess Beatrice among its executives and until recently employed David Cameron as an adviser. The former prime minister quit after Ms Spottiswoode’s claims…
Indian billionaire denies BT takeover interest
India’s richest man has been forced to deny he is preparing a bid for BT after shares in the former state telecoms monopoly surged on speculation of…
BBC Radio 4’s Today programme drops off air
The BBC’s World Service, whose building is nearby that of the Today programme, also went temporarily off air during the fire alarm. At 7.40am, an announcer said:…
Billionaire ‘Napoleon of media’ plots a revolution to shake the French establishment
French presidential challenges have been brought low by lesser misdemeanours than charges of inciting racial hatred. Yet, Eric Zemmour’s challenge for the Elysee has gained momentum regardless…
Nadine Dorries ‘minded’ to let Rupert Murdoch merge the Times and Sunday Times
Rupert Murdoch has moved a step closer to merging the Times and the Sunday Times after the Culture Secretary said she was preparing to abolish legal restrictions…
Boss of French telecoms firm Orange quits after fraud trial
The 60-year-old, who was acquitted in the first trial, has been chief executive of Orange for the past decade. Bruno Le Maire, the French finance minister, stepped…