Netflix snaps up Warner Bros in blockbuster £54bn deal Media Netflix has clinched a blockbuster deal to take over Warner Bros in a major shake-up of the film and streaming industry. In an announcement on Friday, it was formally announced that Netflix would take over the major streaming and film company Warner Bros in an agreement worth $72bn (£54bn). Should the deal pass regulatory checks, [...]
Benedict Cumberbatch sells major stake in his production company Media Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has sold a major stake in the production company he co-founded, it has been revealed. The Sherlock and Doctor Strange star set up SunnyMarch in 2013 alongside producer Adam Ackland. Since then the business has made the likes of The Mauritanian, The Courier, The Roses, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, and We Live in Time. [...]
Christmas adverts 2025 reviewed… Part 2 Life&Style To see part one of our Christmas adverts review click here Are you starting to feel Christmassy yet? It tried it’s damndest to snow last week didn’t it? And what with the lights getting switched on all over town ‘the season’ is increasingly hard to avoid. To be honest I gave in this week, and had [...]
Lineker 1, BBC 0: Goalhanger set for bumper World Cup deal with Netflix December 2, 2025 Netflix has reportedly signed Gary Lineker’s The Rest Is Football podcast in a deal which will see the former BBC presenter go up against his old employer at next year’s World Cup. Lineker is expected set to earn millions of pounds from selling the rights to the show, in which he discusses topical football matters [...]
Steven Bartlett hiring journalists for new tech news site December 1, 2025 Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has set up his own journalism website focused on technology news, City AM can reveal. The website, Founded.com, is to report on technology companies based in the UK and US and is expected to officially launch in the middle of December. A total of 10 journalists, as well as an [...]
Formula 1: Drive to Survive maker rakes in millions November 27, 2025 Turnover at the maker of hit Netflix Formula 1 documentary series Drive to Survive surged by almost 70 per cent during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. Box To Box Films has reported a turnover of £73.1m for the 12 months to 31 March, 2025, according to new accounts filed with Companies House. [...]
Claudia Winkleman’s bumper pay day revealed after The Traitors success November 24, 2025 Claudia Winkleman’s huge pay day thanks to the success of The Traitors and Strictly Come Dancing has been revealed. The TV presenter earned around £2m in the year ending April 2025, according to accounts for her firm, Little Owl Productions, which have just been filed with Companies House. Claudia Winkleman paid £575,000 in corporation tax [...]
Daily Mail owner seals £500m deal for The Telegraph November 22, 2025 Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500m deal to buy the Telegraph Media Group, drawing a line under one of the most drawn-out and politically fraught takeover battles in the British press. The publisher has entered an exclusive period of talks with RedBird IMI, the Abu Dhabi-linked fund whose own attempt to buy the [...]
Holly Willoughby’s company survives HMRC tax battle November 19, 2025 A media company run by TV presenter Holly Willoughby has survived the latest round of a tax battle with HMRC. Roxy Media was facing a winding-up petition in the Insolvency and Companies Court over a tax debt reported to total £377,000. The petition, a serious statement of intent by a creditor to shut down a [...]
etn: Meet Europe’s answer to the live tech pod November 19, 2025 As the podcast market continues to gain traction and the tech sector swells, two young London-based operators, former startup operator Ronan Chambers and ex-investment associate Luke Knight, have launched a counter-offensive. Their venture, the European Technology Network (etn), takes the form of a live-streaming video podcast, built as the continent’s answer to the new media [...]