Ofcom must block Murdoch’s Sky takeover, Miliband and Cable say
Deal would give Murdoch too much control of UK news media, former Labour leader and ex-business secretary tell regulator
Christopher Nolan and Sofia Coppola urge fans to watch films in cinemas, not on Netflix
As studios reckon with the rise of streaming, the two directors ask audiences to watch their movies on the big screen, where they’re ‘meant to be seen’
Johnston Press reports £300m loss after huge newspaper writedown
Yorkshire Post and Scotsman publisher blames Brexit uncertainty for ad slump, although i scores sales success
BT fined £42m over delays to high-speed cable installation
Telecoms company failed to compensate rivals when equipment critical to broadband was not provided in time
Snapchat ‘will be bigger than Twitter, Yahoo and AOL with advertisers’
Messaging app forecast to attract revenues of $3bn a year by 2019 by attracting hard-to-reach youth market
Ultimate Fighting Championship: the fight of our lives?
Mixed martial arts is the fastest-growing sport on Earth. Beloved by Vladimir Putin and its so-called ‘godfather’, Donald Trump, what does this bloody spectacle say about the world we live in? We took a seat cage-side…
Can Clementi’s appliance of science get Leavers off BBC’s back?
With two years of Brexit negotiation ahead of us, the Beeb’s new chairman needs wise heads to defend him from MPs’ claims of corporation bias, not research
Broadband users in line for millions in Ofcom compensation plan
Telecoms watchdog proposes making providers pay automatic compensation for 7.2m customer service failings each year
Plusnet fined £880,000 for charging more than 1,000 ex-customers
Ofcom tells BT-owned broadband and landline provider there can be no excuses for charging users after they cancelled
Asian shares drop as investors fear Trump won’t deliver on promises
As the Wall Street Journal attacks the president for ‘not respecting the truth’, traders drop risky assets in rush for safe havens
Google to overhaul advertising policies after growing boycott
‘We deeply apologise,’ says company’s CBO Philipp Schindler as he announces tougher stance on hateful, offensive and derogatory content
Jamie Oliver to launch new show as part of deal with Channel 4
Chef agrees to work exclusively with broadcaster for another three years, with Jamie’s Quick & Easy showing this autumn
Head of Google Europe apologises over ads on extremist content
Matt Brittin says company ‘needs to do more’ but declines to say whether it will actively seek out inappropriate material
Google braces for questions as more big-name firms pull adverts
Vodafone and trio of high street banks take action as industry and UK government ask how their ads became attached to extremist material
French advertising giant pulls out of Google and YouTube
Havas becomes first major global marketing company to pull entire ad spend after talks with tech company break down