• May 16 2025
  London

  London council acted ‘irrationally’ over approval of summer festivals, High Court rules

  Ruling raises questions about programme of events set to start next week in Brockwell Park

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• May 16 2025
  Spectrum broadband owner Charter agrees $34.5bn cable tie-up with Cox

  Deal would combine two of the largest US groups in the sector as they face competition from streamers

  
• May 16 2025
  News in-depthTravel & leisure industry

  ‘High noon’ for Claridge’s billion-pound legal battle

  Arbitrators set to rule on acrimonious dispute between London luxury hotel’s Qatari owners and Irish property developer

  
• May 16 2025
  InterviewBanijay Group

  French media billionaire predicts transformational M&A across TV and gaming

  Stéphane Courbit of Banijay foresees sector consolidation as streaming budgets tighten and linear channels falter

  
• May 14 2025
  Daily Telegraph

  Foreign states to be allowed to take 15% stake in UK newspapers

  Media executives had warned low threshold might hobble funding in sector

  
• May 14 2025
  BBC

  BBC aims to double global reach of World Service to 1bn people

  Director-general Tim Davie calls for ‘hundreds of millions’ more in funding to counter ‘disinformation’

  
• May 13 2025
  Artificial intelligence

  Investors back start-ups aiding copyright deals to AI groups

  New crop of companies are offering artists ability to sell content to big tech firms to train AI

  
• May 12 2025
  ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

  Berlusconi’s MFE faces challenge in bid to control German broadcaster ProSieben

  Czech group PPF makes rival offer that would raise its stake to just under 30%

  
• May 11 2025
  Travel & leisure industry

  Will Universal’s Epic keep the ride going for US theme parks?

  Industry fears rise over culture wars and geopolitics weighing on ticket sales at Comcast and rival Disney

  
• May 10 2025
  Elton John and Dua Lipa urge Starmer to back UK artists in AI copyright row

  Four hundred creatives and media executives seek PM’s support in battle to limit Big Tech’s use of their work

  
• 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

  
• May 9 2025
  The FT ViewThe editorial board

  Tariffs won’t make Hollywood great again

  Duties on foreign film productions would weaken the US movie industry

  
• May 9 2025
  LexRetail & Consumer industry

  Weaker economy increases lure of the ‘unsubscribe’ button Premium content

  Divide between winners and losers can only widen as financially-strapped consumers slim down their subs list

  
• May 9 2025
  Substack, Inc.

  Substack gets ‘Trump bump’ as subscriptions soar

  Online publishing platform adds more than 1mn subscribers since US election amid influx of high-profile content creators

  
• May 9 2025
  News in-depth

  Cannes film festival president hails industry resilience amid tariff threat

  Iris Knobloch says sector remains fragile after pandemic but has shown adaptability in the face of changing circumstances

  
• May 8 2025
  The Big Read

  Is Japanese anime the next global IP gold mine?

  Japan’s distinctive cartoons are attracting worldwide audiences, Hollywood studios and private equity companies alike. Who will reap the rewards?

  
• May 8 2025
  UK becomes world’s biggest unscripted TV exporter

  British formats accounted for about a third of all new TV adaptations worldwide last year

  
• May 7 2025
  Walt Disney Co

  Disney plans first Middle East theme park in Abu Dhabi

  Entertainment group’s shares jump as it reports better than expected results

  
• May 6 2025
  Northern & Shell PLC

  Desmond’s legal action over National Lottery boosted by disclosure gaffe

  UK media tycoon’s Northern & Shell suing Gambling Commission after contract award to Allwyn

  
• May 5 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Film industry reels as Trump threatens 100% tariffs

  Levies on overseas movies going into the US would damage production hubs in countries including the UK, Canada and Australia

  
• May 5 2025
  Trump tariffs

  Trump says he will impose 100% tariff on movies made abroad

  US president expands trade war to film industry in pledge to prevent ‘death of Hollywood’

  
• May 4 2025
  Jemima Kelly

  The new White House influencer briefings are a terrible look

  These propaganda dissemination sessions are more suited to Pyongyang

  
• May 2 2025
  Google LLC

  US to demand Google break up its online advertising business

  Justice department asks judge to force Alphabet to sell its ad exchange and publisher server tech after trial victory

  
• May 2 2025
  Football

  French football league settles rights dispute with DAZN

  Agreement allows Ligue 1 to explore deals with other broadcasters or potentially show games itself

  
• May 2 2025
  Trump strips public media outlets of federal funds, escalating attacks on press

  Broadcasters PBS and NPR to lose tens of millions of taxpayer dollars under US president’s order

  

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