M&C Saga: The hostile takeover bid continues for advertising giant continues to heat up August 15, 2022 Media firm Next Fifteen has received the latest round of necessary regulatory approvals as its the marketing firm edges one step closer to its M&C Saatchi takeover.
Guardian Media Group in talks to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media September 17, 2024 The Guardian Media Group is in talks to sell The Observer newspaper to Tortoise Media, a news business launched in 2019 by a former BBC director. The media giant is in exclusive discussions to sell the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, it was first reported by Sky News‘ Mark Kleinman. Tortoise approached the Guardian newspaper group with an offer to [...]
Let’s be honest, social media isn’t driving a teen mental health crisis April 4, 2024 Social media is an easy target for society's woes, but there is little hard evidence for its link with bad mental health, writes Matthew Lesh.
Investors shun social media advice for independent financial media after meme stock saga March 20, 2024 42 per cent of investors said they were using social media "significantly less" than they used to for investing
BBC slammed as ‘drunk on power’ amidst ‘full-blooded assault’ on media March 23, 2024 The head of the UK's News Media Association has said the BBC is launching a "full-blooded assault" on the commercial media sector.
Dogecoin Google searches peaked on Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase May 3, 2022 Online searches for 'Buy Dogecoin' shot up by almost 400 per cent worldwide on the same day Elon Musk - one of the altcoin's biggest evangelists - bought social media platform Twitter.
PwC’s UK media team set to move to Mediasense May 30, 2024 It is the company's first major acquisition since private equity firm Apiary Capital bought a majority stake in Mediasense three years ago.
HMRC challenging media businesses for research and development tax relief May 19, 2024 HMRC currently challenges around 20 per cent of R&D tax relief claims overall - up from one per cent previously.
Social media has shown there is a little piece of the devil in us all August 14, 2024 What role does social media play in the rising tide of social unrest and the seemingly ever-growing levels of hatred and division? I used to think that it took a lot to scare me; I’m not talking about the anxiety that often afflicts me, but real fear – the kind I’m experiencing right now. It’s [...]
Redbird IMI sells The Spectator to Sir Paul Marshall for £100m September 10, 2024 Redbird IMI has sold The Spectator magazine, part of the Telegraph Media Group, to hedge fund magnate Sir Paul Marshall’s Old Queen Street (OQS) Media for £100m. OQS Media owns and operates the online magazine UnHerd, the Old Queen Street Café, the UnHerd Club and CoEditor Limited, a publishing technology startup. Sir Paul Marshall, also [...]