Aston Martin in row over ‘sock puppet PR firm’ pushing anti-electric vehicle study Report disputing green benefits of EVs attributed to company registered to wife of carmaker’s director
Musicians fear reprisals for speaking to MPs’ streaming inquiry Select committee warns music platforms against interference after witnesses say careers put at risk
Guy Garvey says music fans should pay more for streaming services Elbow frontman says system is not sustainable and bands are struggling to sustain careers
Netflix to start declaring £1bn-plus UK revenues to HMRC Exclusive: move likely to ramp up pressure on Google, Amazon and other tech giants over tax arrangements
Digital Markets Unit: what powers will new UK tech regulator have? Key questions answered about the new technology industry watchdog
Black actor sues Hollywood studio over removal from Couples Retreat poster Faizon Love files race discrimination suit against Universal alleging he was cut from poster for 2009 comedy because he was black
PRH owner Bertelsmann to buy Simon & Schuster in $2bn deal German media firm, already owner of the giant Penguin Random House, says acquisition of another major publisher is ‘approvable’ within monopoly rules
Country Life publisher Future to buy GoCompare for £594m Takeover means another huge windfall for comparison website’s Sir Peter Wood
Netflix to spend $1bn in UK in 2020 on TV shows and films Exclusive: streaming giant ups budget by 50% as Disney also invests in production facilities at Pinewood Studios
Economics of streaming are ‘threatening future of music’, says Elbow’s Guy Garvey Musicians from Radiohead, Gomez and Elbow tell MPs that the industry must reform and be made fairer
Nadine Shah: ‘I can’t pay the rent on unfair music streaming revenues’ MPs told streaming has revived music industry’s fortunes but not helped artists
BuzzFeed agrees to buy HuffPost in latest online media merger Acquisition unites two of the largest players in digital media and comes after both companies made deep cuts
Sports Direct launches its first ever Christmas advert Film attempt to reach shoppers during England’s second lockdown and take chain upmarket
Twitter hires veteran hacker Mudge as head of security Peiter Zatko’s appointment follows mass attack on social media platform in July
With debt heading for £2tn, Sunak will need to get imaginative about tax rises He must reassure the country that austerity will not return: a tax on property assets, however unpopular, would be an answer