• May 29 2025
  The New York Times Co

  New York Times agrees first AI deal with Amazon

  Paper will license its editorial content to ecommerce giant to train its artificial intelligence models

  
• May 27 2025
  US politics & policy

  NPR sues Trump administration over order to defund public broadcasters

  Public radio network claims the White House’s move was ‘textbook retaliation’

  
• May 19 2025
  Paramount Global

  CBS News CEO quits as owner Paramount navigates lawsuit with Trump

  Wendy McMahon’s exit comes amid fallout from US president’s clash with ‘60 Minutes’ show

  
• May 10 2025
  News in-depthUS politics & policy

  ‘It’s just crazy’: Trump’s push to make Hollywood great again

  Film industry says the president’s vague plan for levies on foreign production would do more harm than good

  
• April 30 2025
  Paramount Global

  Paramount ready to settle $20bn Trump lawsuit against CBS News

  Potential deal comes after studio’s owner Shari Redstone grew frustrated with ‘balance’ of coverage

  
• April 30 2025
  US retail

  How Tesla, Mercedes and a mattress maker turned tariffs into a sales pitch

  New advertising campaigns urge shoppers to buy now, before the president’s levies raise prices

  
• April 29 2025
  Spotify Technology SA

  Spotify adds subscribers as music lovers tune out Trump tariff ‘noise’

  Streaming group reaches 268mn paying subscribers in strongest first-quarter growth since 2020

  
• April 28 2025
  Music industry

  Goldman Sachs-backed start-up to buy UK sound studio in bet on AI music-making

  Music samples group Splice agrees deal to acquire London-based Spitfire Audio for its library of orchestral sounds

  
• April 25 2025
  Spotify Technology SA

  Spotify to raise subscription prices outside the US

  Moves comes as music-streaming service chases greater profitability as its stock has soared higher

  
• April 24 2025
  Paramount Global

  Top Trump official in talks with Paramount over Skydance merger concessions

  Negotiations come as US president’s legal fight against studio’s CBS News nears conclusion

  
• April 24 2025
  Universal Music Group

  EU set to probe Universal’s planned acquisition of Downtown Music

  Independent labels urge competition authorities to block deal saying it would make music giant too dominant

  
• April 23 2025
  Harvey Weinstein

  Harvey Weinstein retrial puts #MeToo movement back into focus

  Hollywood mogul’s lawyers hope attitudes to sexual assault have shifted five years after his conviction

  
• April 22 2025
  CBS Broadcasting

  Top producer at ‘60 Minutes’ show quits, citing loss of independence

  Bill Owens announces decision in email to staff as parent company considers settling a lawsuit from Donald Trump

  
• April 15 2025
  InterviewCNN News Group

  CNN’s Mark Thompson: ‘Our entire industry is going through a revolution’

  Media executive plans to launch a ‘suite’ of digital subscription services to arrest long-term decline in cable

  
• April 10 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Trump’s Wall Street tariff rollercoaster reaches Main Street

  Violent gyrations in equity markets are not just a matter for New York billionaires

  
• April 8 2025
  News in-depthFox News Network

  ‘A steadying of the market’: how Fox News sees the Trump trade war

  Conservative network’s audience has ballooned since US president retook office

  
• April 5 2025
  News in-depthTrump tariffs

  Corporate America fears wrath of Trump as it mulls tariffs response

  Executives unsure how far to go in re-engineering their businesses and hope they can lobby US president to ease policies

  
• April 1 2025
  IPOs

  Shares of Trump-friendly Newsmax leap 2,200% after Wall Street debut

  Rightwing media mogul makes windfall on paper as stock in lossmaking conservative cable TV channel soar

  
• March 27 2025
  Fox News Network

  ‘Hard to ignore’: Fox News lures in advertisers after Trump’s return

  Soaring viewer numbers have drawn big-name companies to the Murdoch-owned channel

  
• March 24 2025
  Endeavor

  Ari Emanuel cedes role as Endeavor chief after Silver Lake completes takeover

  Powerbroker takes step back at talent agency he founded in move that underscores changing of the guard in Hollywood

  
• March 20 2025
  The Big Read

  How Jeff Bezos made peace with Maga

  In the past year, the Amazon founder has executed a sharp public reversal in his relationship with the president that has surprised even longtime associates

  
• March 12 2025
  Spotify Technology SA

  Spotify says it paid $10bn in royalties last year amid artist criticism

  Company has long drawn ire from musicians who say streaming model does not remunerate them enough

  
• February 27 2025
  News in-depthAndrew Tate

  How the Tate brothers won US backing for their release

  ‘Manosphere’ links with Trump’s circle preceded push for Romania to lift travel ban

  
• February 17 2025
  News in-depthMedia

  Hollywood on defensive as Trump’s anti-DEI crusade targets creatives

  Entertainment industry caught between a hostile president and a defiant workforce

  
• February 15 2025
  Spotify Technology SA

  Spotify to launch new premium service aimed at music ‘superfans’

  Audio streaming business will charge $18 a month for new subscription tier