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  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    Media
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    With presenters including Piers Morgan, TalkTV launch is latest attempt to shake up broadcasting

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
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    About 1.5mn accounts terminated within three months as inflation squeezes finances

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    Guardian News & Media Ltd
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    Media group says it is committed to free-access journalism as financial position strengthens

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Media
    Phone-hacking scandal costs Murdoch’s newspaper company another £49mn

    News Group begins legal process to finally draw line under affair

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Office of Communications
    Michael Grade appointed Ofcom chair after lengthy search

    Downing Street signs off on decision months after withdrawal of tabloid editor Paul Dacre

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    THG PLC
    THG picks former ITV chief as chair in corporate governance shake-up

    Charles Allen joins ecommerce company as independent non-executive

  • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
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    Release of 1950 records will be ‘momentous occasion’ for rapidly expanding ancestry industry

  • Thursday, 10 March, 2022
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    Multinationals making household staples balance pressure to exit against impact on business, staff and shoppers

  • Saturday, 5 March, 2022
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    Ukraine war news from March 5: Ukraine accuses Russia of violating Mariupol ceasefire, Putin warns west against no-fly zone

    Today’s main developments: Ukraine called off attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol; Putin warns west against any no-fly zone; Kyiv and Moscow set for third round of talks

  • Thursday, 3 March, 2022
    ITV PLC
    ITV shares fall as content costs overshadow plans to revamp streaming

    Media group says it will stop selling shows in Russia

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    WPP PLC
    WPP chief confident in outlook despite Ukraine conflict

    Mark Read ‘very concerned’ about military action but predicts continuing rebound in global ad spend

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK culture secretary accused of putting British media in Russia at risk

    Nadine Dorries had asked regulator Ofcom to review presence of Moscow-based TV station RT in Britain

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    BBC News
    Journalists Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel to leave BBC for Global

    Pair are to jointly present a show on LBC and a podcast for the media group’s app

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    News in-depthUK inflation
    Pubgoers told to expect surge in UK beer prices as brewing costs soar

    Bars face dilemma over how much of additional expenses to pass on to customers already facing cost of living squeeze

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
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    Reckitt vows to protect profit through price rises

    Shares in UK disinfectant maker climb after it reassures investors it can absorb surging cost inflation

  • Wednesday, 16 February, 2022
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    Heineken chief warns cost inflation is ‘off the charts’

    It is impossible to predict if consumers will stomach further price rises as behaviour models break down, says Dolf van den Brink

  • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
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    Digital currency platforms join typical line-up of beer and car ads during biggest game in American football

  • Friday, 4 February, 2022
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    Boris Johnson weighs retreat on anti-obesity measures to win back Tory MPs

    UK prime minister rethinking ban on junk food sales deals and curbs on advertising

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    M&C Saatchi PLC
    Tech entrepreneur sweetens takeover bid for M&C Saatchi

    Vehicle run by Vin Murria granted more time to pursue reverse takeover of British advertising group

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
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    Diageo sales pass pre-Covid levels

    Home cocktail-making boosts revenues despite supply chain disruptions

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
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    Advertising company says plan led by one of its own directors would ‘transfer value’ from shareholders

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
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    Ad group draws line under scandal as it faces possible takeover offer from biggest shareholder

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    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’

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    News in-depthClimate Capital
    Activists target public relations groups for greenwashing fossil fuels

    Communications companies accused of spreading climate misinformation on behalf of clients

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