Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre’s pay jumps 50% to almost £2.5m

Editor-in-chief of Mail titles earns £1.45m in salary plus £856,000 payout from company’s long-term investment plan

Patagonia files claim against Trump over removing Bears Ears protections

The company says Donald Trump is exceeding the powers of his office by enacting the largest removal of protection from federal lands in history

Government amends ‘misleading’ claims for 30 hours free childcare scheme

Education department issues clarification after man complained to advertising watchdog about ‘30 hours a week’ claim

Meghan Markle helps Daily Mail dodge Brexit bullet

Royal romance mania was a convenient distraction as the EU divorce bill added up for Theresa May

Government picks ex-Channel 4 chair Lord Burns for Ofcom role

If approved by MPs, Burns will replace Patricia Hodgson as chair of the media regulator in January on £120,000 a year

Review could lead to UK broadcasters spending more on children’s TV

Output of ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 being looked at by Ofcom, which has already set targets for BBC

Conservative billionaire Koch brothers give $650m to help Meredith buy Time

Texans will not get a say in editorial decisions, says media company Meredith, as it hails ‘transformative’ deal to merge magazine stables

‘Their own media megaphone’: what do the Koch brothers want from Time?

The company’s decline is readily apparent – but if the billionaire brothers’ other interests are a guide, their investment will be about more than money

Tobacco mea culpa: companies to run ‘corrective’ ads in US on smoking’s harm

Tobacco companies have delayed correcting false statements for eleven years since a federal court ordered them to do so

Labour’s extra borrowing would pay for itself, says McDonnell

Shadow chancellor refuses to be pinned down on specific cost of servicing debt from party’s spending plans, accusing BBC presenter of ‘trite journalism’

‘We could build something revolutionary’: how tech set underground music free

YouTube, social media and even Bitcoin are allowing musicians to reject major labels and go it alone – but the industry is fighting back. Can artists use technology to stay truly independent?

Amazon’s $1bn bet on Lord of the Rings shows scale of its TV ambition

Web giant has had a few minor triumphs, but remains behind rivals such as Netflix, with Disney and Apple also making moves

‘Ethical’ John Lewis should pull Mail adverts, says campaign group

Accusations of sinister hard-left tactics as Stop Funding Hate’s festive Buster advert urges stores to cease backing ‘divisive’ press

Paperchase rejecting the Daily Mail is another victory against hatred

The newspaper has the chutzpah to say Paperchase was bullied into dropping its ads, writes Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Top Mirror editor warns of deeper job losses if Express deal fails

Lloyd Embley says failure to buy Richard Desmond’s papers would lose cost-savings and admits looming gender pay gap data could be ‘embarrassing’