Bari Weiss named editor-in-chief of CBS News as Paramount buys Free Press startup
Commentator to lead storied US news network, five years after acrimonious exit from New York Times
Bari Weiss’s ascension to top of CBS News highlights the political winds driving US media rightward
US media giants have bowed before Maga after Trump’s many lawsuits and the Jimmy Kimmel firestorm
Who is Bari Weiss, the new editor-in-chief of CBS News?
Ex-NYT writer who launched ‘anti-woke commentary’ website will report directly to Paramount Skydance head David Ellison
UK regulators step up crackdown on firms chasing cut of car finance payouts
Some claims companies shut down, others told to stop taking on clients and misleading ads ordered to be pulled
Have I Got News For You maker back in profit after launching show in US
Hat Trick pays out interim dividend of £1m, £900,000 of which goes to founder Jimmy Mulville and wife
Jamie Oliver and his wife pay themselves £2.5m as pre-tax profits slump
Celebrity chef’s media and restaurant empire sees fall in profits despite 6% rise in sales to £28.6m
Seven out of 10 women in creative industries experience bullying and harassment, survey finds
Exclusive: Only half of victims report incidents – and of those who do, 42% say response was insufficient
‘Go woke, go broke’? New study challenges claims progressive films flop at the box office
Film data analyst Stephen Follows finds no evidence that ‘woke-adjacent’ cinema is doomed commercially – and claims some genres may benefit from diverse casting
Sinclair and Nexstar end boycott of Jimmy Kimmel Live! and will air show again
The two station owners’ preemption of the late-night show left about 25% of TV viewers in the US unable to watch it
Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version
Subscription service is Meta’s response to regulatory warnings over crunching users’ data to serve targeted ads
Kimmel controversy highlights ‘wildly dangerous’ consolidation of TV broadcasting
Rush to ‘preempt’ Kimmel’s talkshow after FCC chair’s threats comes as broadcasters seek merger approvals
Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal
MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn
Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night show
Mobile and broadband customers ‘losing out because of murky contract practices’
Citizens Advice says people who call to negotiate money off can save on average more than £325 a year
Torquay hoteliers on 50 years of Fawlty Towers, and why Basil wouldn’t survive in world of online reviews
Decades after the BBC sitcom first aired, B&Bs in the Devon resort only occasionally lean into their association with the show