Warner Bros Disaster? Netflix inks deal for troubled Hollywood giant
David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros Discovery, promised ‘everyone’ would win by combining the storied Hollywood studios with his reality TV giant. Instead, many lost
‘This merger must be blocked’: Netflix-Warner Bros deal faces fierce backlash
US politicians and Hollywood guilds have voiced concerns against the proposed $83bn purchase of the studio
The end of big-screen cinema? What Netflix hopes to achieve by buying Warner Bros
IP success stories such as Barbie and the DC Universe? That elusive best picture Oscar? Or perhaps the main goal is a good old-fashioned blockbuster
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones
Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws
Ruling could put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald Trump
Explaining UK debt with biscuits: Labour MPs get the hang of viral content
Gordon McKee, whose explainer has racked up 3m views, leads way as party tries to harness power of social media
Advertising giant WPP relegated from FTSE 100 after nearly 30 years
Market value of ad group that was once world’s largest plummets from about £24bn in 2017 to £3.1bn
Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned in UK over ‘misleading’ green claims
Advertising watchdog says all three firms misled shoppers by using term ‘sustainable’ in paid-for Google adverts
Virgin Media fined £23.8m for putting vulnerable customers at risk
Company failed to protect thousands of people switching from analogue to digital landline, Ofcom rules
Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?
The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers
Daily Mail’s parent company on ‘credit watch’ over Telegraph takeover
S&P Global Ratings warns Lord Rothermere’s RCHL could face credit downgrade as it seeks funding for £500m deal
Ministers approve £750m Marlow Film Studios development after review
Planning permission granted for Buckinghamshire project seen as test of Labour’s drive for economic growth
Trump once again steps up attacks on TV networks as he threatens to revoke licenses
Trump has suggested on at least 28 occasions over past eight years that a TV network’s license be revoked – even though it doesn’t work that way
What happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new details
Tens of thousands of documents were released as part of Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network
Fox Corp chief told Sean Hannity that Trump could not go on air in 2020 if he attacked network
Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents show