Dua Lipa and Olivia Dean drive UK music boom despite fragile backdrop Media The UK recorded music industry chalked up an 11th consecutive year of growth this year, thanks to a new generation of British artists breaking through at home and overseas. The sector wins come despite mounting pressures that threaten its grassroots foundations. Figures published by industry body BPI show total recorded music consumption rose 4.9 per [...]
Warner Bros slides ahead of takeover deadline Media Warner Bros Discovery has been trading lower in the days leading up to the 21 January offer deadline, as investors weigh the chances of a successful deal amid competing bids from Netflix and Paramount Skydance. Shares slipped 0.04 per cent to $28.79 (£21.30) on Monday, trading around four per cent below Paramount’s $30 cash offer. [...]
Ticket touts exploit Coldplay, Oasis, Billie Eilish demand Coldplay, Oasis and Billie Eilish were the most touted artists of 2025, with fans paying up to £800 per ticket on resale sites, according to new research from O2. The telecoms giant, which sold 1.7 million live event tickets via its ‘Priority’ platform last year, warned that the booming secondary market is leaving millions of [...]
Central London Alliance Launches Podcast to Debate London’s Opportunities and Obstacles for Growth December 19, 2025 | City Talk London, [19 December] – Central London Alliance CIC, a leading community interest company dedicated to supporting the sustainable recovery of London’s business, hospitality, cultural, tourism, and retail sectors, today announces the launch of its new podcast series – London Talking: a platform for in-depth discussions on the challenges and opportunities shaping the capital’s growth prospects. [...]
City AM The Magazine nominated for top awards December 19, 2025 City AM’s quarterly magazine has been nominated for Best Supplement in the Regional Press Awards, with editor Steve Dinneen also nominated in the Features Writer of the Year category. The Magazine, which recently released its Winter issue featuring actor Russell Tovey on the cover, has been serving the people of the Square Mile and beyond [...]
Jordan North: Capital Breakfast host becomes a millionaire December 18, 2025 TV and radio presenter Jordan North has become a millionaire after taking over as host of Capital’s breakfast show. North succeeded Roman Kemp as host in April 2024 alongside Siân Welby and Chris Stark. The former I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here runner-up had previously been a DJ at Radio One. Now, new accounts [...]
Warner Bros to snub Paramount’s takeover in favour of Netflix December 17, 2025 Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is preparing to urge shareholders to reject a $108bn (£81bn) hostile takeover bid from Paramount, after one of its key financial backers pulled out of the deal. Affinity Partners, the investment firm owned by Jared Kushner, said it would no longer support Paramount’s offer, citing a shift in circumstances. “The dynamics [...]
BBC charter review opens with trust broken and money running out December 16, 2025 The government has fired the starting gun on a charter review that will determine how the BBC is governed, funded, and held to account. Culture secretary Lisa Nandy on Tuesday launched the formal review of the BBC’s Royal Charter, setting out a broad consultation on trust and long-term funding as audience behaviour continues to shift [...]
Trump sues BBC for $10bn in Florida, citing producers trips to Mar-a-Lago December 16, 2025 US Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that BBC producers travelled to Florida to film “significant portions of the [Panorama] documentary”. Last month, Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn over the misleading edit of a Panorama programme, which spliced together two parts of [...]
How Formula 1 is reengineering car branding December 14, 2025 It’s an old adage, but one particularly true for automotive brands, that where you show up as a brand really matters. Staples for car marketing are high-quality environments such as cinema, peak TV, eye-catching billboards and the like. Especially for cars – a category in which long-range priming is key – these quality touchpoints shape [...]