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  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Newspaper industry
    Ken Griffin joins Paul Marshall’s bid for Telegraph Group

    Hedge fund founders in consortium seeking to buy UK media organisation at auction expected within weeks

    Ken Griffin
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Media
    Vivendi’s Canal+ attacks French football body over rights

    Pay-TV channel claims it would be at a disadvantage in upcoming broadcasting auction

    Rennes defender Guéla Doué, left, and Montpellier’s Téji Savanier fight for the ball during a match on Sunday
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    Media
    UK press slams axing of Facebook News as ‘urgent threat to democracy’

    Newspaper groups warn Meta that decision will hurt both the industry and society

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Streaming services
    Amazon to join peers with ads on streaming services

    Prime Video content will include ‘limited’ adverts from 2024 with ad-free option available at extra cost

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch resolves his own succession drama — for now

    Family and strategic questions may test Lachlan Murdoch as he inherits the influential media empire

    A montage of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch and the Fox News logo
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Rupert Murdoch
    Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox and News Corp

    92-year-old media mogul hands over leadership to son Lachlan

    Rupert Murdoch, left, with son Lachlan
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    ITV PLC
    ITV’s McCall blames ‘stagnant’ UK economy for advertising downturn

    Broadcaster’s chief criticises government for a lack of policies to stimulate growth

    Carolyn McCall
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Sky Group
    Sky says red tape threatens UK creative sector

    Broadcaster says regulation takes up ‘significant amounts’ of resources and calls for government action

    President and COO of Virgin Media Dana Strong
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Sexual misconduct allegations
    Russell Brand blocked from making money on YouTube following sexual allegations

    BBC launches internal review into comedian’s conduct and removes some of his content from its site

    Russell Brand on Youtube
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Media
    Condé Nast picks Chioma Nnadi as new head of British Vogue

    London-born editor of fashion magazine’s US online edition to replace Edward Enninful in October

    Editor of Vogue.com Chioma Nnadi arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    GB News
    GB News found in breach of impartiality rules

    TV network’s interview with chancellor Jeremy Hunt by two Tory MPs broke broadcasting code, says Ofcom

    Philip Davies and Esther McVey interviewing Jeremy Hunt
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    S4 Capital
    Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital plummets after warning of falling revenues

    Advertising group cites difficult economic conditions and says clients are very cautious

    Martin Sorrell
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Advertising
    UK digital marketing firm Brainlabs to go head to head with larger rivals after fundraising

    Deal reflects continued resilience of data-driven advertising despite broader market slowdown

    Daniel Gilbert founder of Brainlabs
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    Digital Media
    UK broadcasters develop free digital TV service to take on streaming

    Freely will be built into next-generation smart sets, in effect taking Freeview platform on to internet

    A remote control being pointed at a TV
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    BBC
    BBC’s commercial arm to relaunch international news website

    Rollout will start in US ahead of presidential elections as UK public broadcaster looks to boost advertising revenues

    Members of the media report outside of the White House in Washington
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Hipgnosis Songs Fund
    Hipgnosis sells $465mn of music to strengthen financial position

    Music rights company says deal in part with Blackstone-owned vehicle will fund share buyback and repayment of debt

    Nelly performs onstage at The O2 Arena, London
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Chick-fil-A Inc
    Chick-fil-A to make second attempt at UK launch after previous gay rights backlash

    US fast-food chain closed initial store in 2019 following protests by campaigners

    Signs for Chick-fil-A above a restaurant in Midtown, New York
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    The Barclay family, the banks and the billion-pound debt

    How a decade-long effort to restructure loans extended to the reclusive businessmen’s empire culminated in Lloyds Banking Group seizing control of a national newspaper

  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Insolvency
    UK ministers drop insolvency watchdog plans in sector shake-up

    Proposals to regulate firms bring them in line with the likes of audit and legal services

    Bed manufacturer Silentnight’s factory in Barnoldswick, Lancashire
  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Media
    Bruno Mars-rights holder Round Hill Music Royalty Fund set to be sold

    UK-listed company owns more than 150,000 songs but has suffered during high interest rate era

    Bruno Mars accepts the award for record of the year at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in 2018
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Telegraph Media Group Ltd
    Daily Mail in talks over Qatari funding for Telegraph bid

    Gulf finance in demand as rival media groups circle conservative broadsheet

    A copy of the Daily Telegraph
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Telecoms
    Virgin Media O2 buys Russian-backed broadband provider

    Investment company LetterOne was forced to sell the business on national security grounds

    A Upp boradband worker climbs a poll
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Media
    Law firm Schillings takes on PR industry by setting up its own company

    Reputation management to be added to group’s current expertise in defamation and libel

    Scales of justice
  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    Digital Media
    Meta axes support for news in Europe

    Tech group draws ire of media companies after announcing pullback

    A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone
  • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
    ObituaryMohamed Al Fayed
    Mohamed Al Fayed, businessman, 1929-2023

    The Egyptian cut a swath through British society whose recognition he craved

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