Ofcom to investigate GB News over second airing of Trump interview Regulator initially declined to investigate but now says it is looking into repeat broadcast from day after first showing
‘Peak TV is behind us’: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British production
ABC lawyers accuse Trump’s FCC of punishing network for political reasons Network lawyers in a legal motion strongly pushed back against the FCC’s investigation into The View talkshow
Senate Democrats press top media regulator Brendan Carr to back off ABC Senators sent letter to FCC chair, Brendan Carr, in protest at commission’s order last week challenging ABC’s licenses
Lawsuit claims New York Times didn’t promote white male editor because of race or sex US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission files suit claiming newspaper passed over employee due to ‘diversity aspirations’
BBC News to bear deepest cuts amid 2,000 planned job losses Staff warned news operations face 15% cut, above BBC-wide 10% target, as corporation pushes through £600m savings plan
FCC chair denies ABC license review is related to Kimmel controversy Brendan Carr claims agency’s renewal order is strictly related to investigation into network’s DEI initiatives
Financial Times journalists in dispute with management over plans for office days FT branch of NUJ say there is not ‘compelling case’ for mandate for editorial staff to be in office four days a week
Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry London-based WPP accused of breaching climate policy after report reveals firm linked to twice as much oil advertising as US rivals
Barclay family avoids bankruptcy after deal with HSBC over £143m debt Bank says it has withdrawn proceedings against former Telegraph owners Aidan and Howard Barclay at high court
FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke Eight local broadcasting licenses under review after White House launched attack on late-night host over comment
An anti-press president is coming to a pro-press dinner. What could go wrong? Donald Trump attending the White House correspondents’ dinner could be awkward – and lead to blowback
Revealed: Axel Springer skipped due diligence before £575m Telegraph takeover Sources say German group may struggle to recoup its investment as titles shift to less profitable models
Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block it
City firms bank on ‘Savvy Squirrel’ advertising campaign to push Britons towards investing The campaign is part of government initiative to boost financial risk taking, amid fears UK growth is being stymied