Netflix will need its comic-book heroes: Disney may just have become a rival
Just as the streaming service acquired its own suite of cartoon characters, the entertainment giant announced plans to join the pay-TV business
Sky faces paying extra £1.8bn for Premier League broadcast rights
Likely competition from Amazon could force Sky to pay £600m more each year to retain its lion’s share of football fixtures
Dame Helen Alexander obituary
Businesswoman and former chief executive of the Economist who became the first female president of the Confederation of British Industry
How Netflix can spawn a Marvel-style Millarworld superhero universe
Acquisition of Scottish comic book business can transform into a multibillion-dollar film franchise
Netflix buys comic book company behind Kick-Ass and Kingsman
Streaming giant aims to copy Marvel owner Disney’s superhero strategy with Millarworld, its first ever acquisition
The strange case of Fox News, Trump and the death of young Democrat Seth Rich
The revelation that Fox News made contact with the White House over a false and malicious story could spell trouble for the network – and the president
John Malone, the ‘swamp alligator’ chewing up the UK’s media market
The global ambitions of Malone, owner of Discovery, have brought him repeatedly into conflict with his rival Rupert Murdoch
Pearson to axe 3,000 jobs after slump at main US business
Cost-cutting move aims to save educational publisher about £300m a year with 10% cut in global staff after biggest loss in history in 2016
Amazon outbids Sky to win exclusive ATP tour tennis rights
Amazon Prime streaming service will now show nearly all elite men’s tennis events except the four grand slams
Discovery Communications to buy Scripps Networks for close to $12bn
The owner of Animal Planet will buy the owner of Food Network, tying together two powerful stables of TV shows
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – briefly – becomes world’s richest man
Share price jump of 40% in 2017 made founder worth $91bn – for a short while leapfrogging the fortune of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
BBC women let pay gap happen, review co-chair says
Sir Philip Hampton, asked by government to look at how to raise number of women in senior business roles, branded out of touch
Sky chief gets £11.5m share payout as it reports profits slide
Broadcaster to hire 300 new R&D staff to fight Netflix and Amazon challenge amid rise in Premier League costs
UK film industry on a roll as it helps keep economy growing
ONS highlights role of sector as foreign movie and TV studios are attracted to Britain by government tax breaks and weak pound
ITV clings to Love Island and Victoria as ad slump hits profits
Broadcaster says advertisers cut spending due to ‘economic and political uncertainty’ as pre-tax profits slide by 16% in first half