The Groucho Club wants younger members? During a cost of living crisis? Good luck with that The elite Soho hangout has changed hands and wants fresh blood. It’s a shame millennials like me can’t afford the privilege
Mirror, Express and local journalists vote to strike in pay dispute Industrial action over 3% offer at publisher Reach will hit production of newspapers and websites
Disney edges past Netflix in streaming subscribers as it raises ad-free prices Disney+, Hulu and ESPN sees total of 221m customers at the end of the June quarter compared with Netflix’s 220.7m
‘Home for hell-raisers’: new owners of Groucho Club seek young blood Private members’ club that takes pride in being a ‘hub for creatives’ to consider international expansion
Elon Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9bn as Twitter trial looms Tesla CEO admits he could need the funds if he loses a legal battle with Twitter and is forced to buy the social media platform
If the Murdoch press is so panicked about recession, why did it back austerity and Brexit? As Truss and Sunak slug it out, rightwing papers are waking up to the looming catastrophe, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Cutting costs, merging, shelving Batgirl: is this the end of HBO Max? CEO announces company will ‘fully embrace theatrical’ releases and move from straight-to-streaming productions
Have the tech giants finally had their bubble burst? I’d hate to speculate For the first time in the tech industry’s history, combined real revenue growth is negative rather than positive and some corporations may yet be facing an existential decline
Cancel culture is rife at newly merged HBO and Warner Bros isn’t immune either The bean-counters have axed Batgirl and some other favourite TV shows are disappearing too
‘The big squeeze’: what the papers say about Bank of England’s recession forecast Bleak period of recession combined with rises in cost of living dominate the front pages, with plenty of horrifying graphics
Thousands cancel Netflix or Prime Video as UK cost of living soars Nearly 800,000 UK households ended subscriptions in April-June, with rise in energy prices seen as ‘catalyst’
Almost 6m UK households ‘struggling to pay telecoms bills’ Which? says people are cutting food and clothes spending to pay for mobile, broadband and landline
Instagram boss moves to London after backlash over app changes Adam Mosseri relocates temporarily as Meta continues attempts to counter TikTok’s rise
Mirror owner’s profits fall by nearly a third as newsprint costs soar Reach, which also publishes the Star and the Express titles, says Ukraine war has affected advertising
Child vaping risks becoming ‘public health catastrophe’ in UK, experts warn There are fears that the e-cigarette boom has the potential to create a generation of young people hooked on nicotine