Top Tory strategist’s lobbying firm advising Daily Mail owners on Telegraph bid Exclusive: Isaac Levido’s company, Fleetwood Strategy, is helping DMGT navigate potential acquisition of rightwing broadsheet
Fallen kingdom: why has Disney had such a terrible year? A dubious brand strategy and underperforming films like Wish and The Marvels have led the once-golden studio into disarray
Channel 4 chief says TV advertising slump is worst in 15 years Broadcaster is considering using an emergency £75m credit facility next year, Alex Mahon tells MPs
Tory concern grows over potential sale of Telegraph titles to Abu Dhabi Former Telegraph editor Charles Moore among those to condemn bid for the Conservative party’s paper of choice
Tory donor Richard Desmond revives controversial east London housing development Billionaire submits proposals for scheme that government minister Robert Jenrick pushed in 2020, with nearly twice the number of properties of original plans
Headaches at Fox as Lachlan Murdoch takes reins from father Rupert Tycoon’s eldest son promises ‘no change’ in Fox News strategy but suite of legal claims threaten to derail family empire
Whitehall infighting could hamper scrutiny of Telegraph sale Foreign Office could stifle possible inquiry into bid from Abu Dhabi-backed fund RedBird IMI in absence of cabinet secretary
Frontrunner in Telegraph newspaper takeover bid accuses rivals of hypocrisy Jeff Zucker of Abu Dhabi-backed Redbird IMI insists editorial independence of titles would be protected
UK minister intends to refer Barclay family’s offer for Telegraph to Ofcom Government ‘minded to’ issue intervention notice to call in regulator on public interest grounds
Dyson tells libel trial Daily Mirror article was a distressing ‘personal attack’ Inventor is suing publisher over ‘rogues’ gallery’ article that stated he championed Vote Leave before moving global HQ to Singapore
Sale of Telegraph paused as consortium pledges to repay Barclay debts Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI’s announcement casts doubt over auction process
Shell Energy fined £1.4m for failing to flag end of mobile and broadband contracts More than 70,000 customers were affected by breach of consumer protection rules, says Ofcom
Ad industry grapples with role selling consumption in climate crisis Does being an effective agency mean helping sell more products or can it mean helping mitigate climate emergency?
Abu Dhabi-backed fund says it will take control of Telegraph and Spectator RedBird IMI ‘reaches agreement’ on package of loans to repay debts owed by Barclay family
As UK landlines go digital, fears grow for vulnerable people whose home phone is a lifeline Campaigners say BT’s switch to Digital Voice is too fast and will leave many unable to make calls in an emergency