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  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    M&C Saatchi PLC
    M&C Saatchi agrees £310mn takeover by Next Fifteen

    Deal comes after UK ad agency rejects lower offer from largest shareholder

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    InterviewChannel Four Television Corp
    Channel 4 head Alex Mahon: ‘It’s not for me to oppose privatisation’

    Chief executive says she will remain ‘independent’ during expected legislative battle over state-owned UK broadcaster

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    TV production group Banijay to go public via Spac

    Deal backed by Bernard Arnault and Tikehau will create new player in European entertainment

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    McColl's Retail Group PLC
    Morrisons wins battle for UK convenience group McColl’s

    Grocer prevails over petrol station operator EG Group and promises to take on all 16,000 staff 

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    McColl's Retail Group PLC
    Morrisons and EG make last-ditch bids for McColl’s

    Battle for struggling UK convenience chain prompts Asda owner to pledge pension funding

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Media
    ProSieben chief makes light of German media consolidation talk

    Rainer Beaujean compares merger talk to futile quest of Don Quixote

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter seeks to reassure advertisers over Musk’s free speech plans

    Campaigners and car manufacturers among groups to express concern over Tesla chief’s $44bn takeover

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Media
    TV rules revamp offers more bargaining power to BBC, ITV and C4

    Planned legislation aims to give UK public service broadcasters boost in battle against streaming services

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Nordic Entertainment Group
    Nordic streamer Viaplay snaps up football rights ahead of UK push

    Owner Nent shrugs off Netflix decline and will screen scores of World Cup and European championship qualifiers

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    News in-depthNetflix Inc
    Netflix jettisons anti-ad principles to cope with lean times

    World’s biggest streaming service upends strategy after its decade-long run of subscriber growth grinds to a halt

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    Cricket
    Root resigns as England men’s Test cricket captain after poor spell

    Yorkshireman set records for most runs scored while skipper and most games won . . .  and lost

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    Guardian News & Media Ltd
    Guardian to test paywall on news app in reader payments push

    Media group says it is committed to free-access journalism as financial position strengthens

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Channel Four Television Corp
    Documents reveal Channel 4’s failed bid to head off privatisation

    Broadcaster’s plan to access private capital using hybrid model rejected by UK culture secretary

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    News in-depthChannel Four Television Corp
    Channel 4 sale leaves potential buyers in a quandary

    Private sector is largely happy for the UK broadcaster to stay in public hands

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    S4 Capital
    Martin Sorrell’s S4 boosted after US hedge fund raises stake

    Media group has lost nearly a third of its value after PwC said it was unable to complete audit

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    WarnerMedia
    CNN makes a $350mn bet on streaming ahead of Discovery takeover

    Budget for news network’s digital service was not originally disclosed by WarnerMedia to incoming owner

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    News in-depthViacomCBS
    Shari Redstone won the battle for her media empire. Now comes the streaming war

    Paramount is facing growing doubts over its ability to compete with larger digital rivals

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    James Murdoch
    James Murdoch’s India venture raises up to $1.5bn from Qatar

    Sovereign fund to back vehicle seeking opportunities in media and consumer technology

  • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
    News in-depthStreaming services
    US streaming giants feel squeeze of regulation in Europe

    Netflix, Disney and Amazon grapple with national investment targets and a shake-up in who owns rights

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    Spotify Technology SA
    Spotify warns it is ‘too early’ to calculate impact of Joe Rogan dispute

    Row over controversial podcaster drags streaming service into thorny debate on content standards

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    Media
    CNN chief Zucker resigns after failing to disclose relationship with colleague

    Affair came to light during investigation into claims against former network host Chris Cuomo

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    BBC
    BBC output and services under threat from licence fee freeze

    Funding settlement will force cuts with implications for broadcaster’s output, staffing and ambition

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    BBC
    BBC licence fee to be abolished in 2027, suggests culture minister

    Broadcaster set to have funding frozen for next 2 years but No 10 says long-term funding subject to ‘ongoing negotiations’

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    News in-depthMedia
    New cohort of media start-ups focus on paying readers, not page clicks

    Less investor cash is flowing in but entrants are undeterred

  • Friday, 19 November, 2021
    Daily Mail & General Trust
    Daily Mail owner DMGT move to go private opposed by second investor

    J O Hambro ‘underwhelmed and unconvinced’ by Lord Rothermere’s plan for family takeover

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