Hollywood money fuelled record £2.8bn spend on UK film production last year

Growth could slow as Netflix pulls back projects to US to secure $80bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery

Mass layoffs fuel fears of ‘death spiral’ at Washington Post

On Wednesday, storied newspaper axed nearly one-third of company after earlier unpopular moves by owner Jeff Bezos

Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos’s ‘sickening efforts to curry favor’ with Trump

While most focused on competition issues, Josh Hawley accused Netflix of promoting trans content to children

D’Amaro will take over next month from Bob Iger, who returned to lead the media company after a bungled succession

Bezos has not publicly responded to several letters sent by Post staffers urging him to curb potential layoffs

Aerospace business and artificial intelligence firm to unite for IPO as world’s most valuable private company

The aerial-accessed service has a fast-dwindling audience but when exactly to switch the platform off is proving highly divisive

News organisations hope proposals will increase leverage to get paid if content is used in AI summaries

Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne ‘trivialised risks of cryptocurrency’

Members of foreign staff send letter to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos urging him to change course

Judge issues temporary order after paper had sought return of Hannah Natanson’s devices taken in ‘outrageous seizure’

Streaming company says proposal speeds up completion and allows WBD investors to vote as soon as April

Culture secretary ‘minded to’ intervene and ask Ofcom and CMA whether the £500m deal harms media plurality

The segment, reported by Sharyn Alfonsi, was supposed to air on 21 December but was pulled by editor in chief Bari Weiss