Screenshot: Have Bezos and Branson ushered in a new era of space tourism? July 23, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Badger, mushroom, snake **Have Bezos and Branson ushered in a space tourism boom? **No more chill for Netflix Media Moment of the Week: Badger, mushroom, snake Want to feel old? The iconic animated badger video (you know the one) is now almost 18 years old. Aside from lamenting [...]
Twitter beats revenue expectations after advertising revamp July 23, 2021 Twitter has reported better-than-expected revenue growth in its second quarter as the social media site reaped the rewards of an overhaul of its advertising service. The tech firm posted total revenue of $1.19bn in the three months to the end of June, up 74 per cent on the same period last year and ahead of [...]
Not too Priti: Home Office crackdown could see journalists muzzled July 22, 2021 Journalists and whistleblowers could face lengthy prison sentences for exposing information in the public interest under new proposals put forward by the government, industry leaders have warned. Under Priti Patel the Home Office has opened a consultation on planned changes to the Official Secrets Act that could see reporters treated like spies or those who [...]
Jewish Chronicle newspaper to compensate expelled Labour activist after false accusations July 22, 2021 A London-based Jewish newspaper has agreed to pay “substantial compensation” to an activist it falsely accused of being involved in a group planning to target Jewish people in the Labour Party. The Jewish Chronicle apologised to Marc Wadsworth on Thursday after it published an article in the newspaper and on its website in March wrongly [...]
Daily Mail owner posts revenue rise amid Rothermere takeover bid July 22, 2021 The owner of the Daily Mail has reported a sharp rise in revenue in its latest quarter as it gears up for a potential take-private bid by Lord Rothermere. Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) said its group revenue grew by a quarter in the three months to the end of June. This was driven [...]
Far from over: Disgraced Hollywood giant Harvey Weinstein faces more rape charges July 21, 2021 Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was extradited from New York to Los Angeles on Tuesday to face trial on rape and sexual assault charges. Watch the full report.
Covid lockdowns cost UK creative industries £12bn July 21, 2021 Repeated coronavirus lockdowns have cost the UK’s creative industries an estimated £12bn and more than 110,000 jobs, new figures have revealed. Data released today by Oxford Economics showed businesses in the creative sector generated around £104bn in gross value added value in 2020, down from £116bn the previous year. This was also well below the [...]
Media freedom: Hong Kong police arrest ex-editor of squashed Apple Daily July 21, 2021 Hong Kong police have detained two former senior staff of stifled pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, just hours after they arrested the paper’s former executive editor-in-chief. Apple Daily’s former deputy chief editor Chan Pui-Man and managing editor Fung Wai-Kong were arrested for a second time, according to local media reports. The pair had already been arrested [...]
Outdoor Cooking and Psycho By The Sea boost Bloomsbury book sales July 21, 2021 Tom Kerridge’s Outdoor Cooking and Psycho By The Sea by Lynne Truss have boosted the sales Bloomsbury books, putting the company on track to hit market expectations. In the four months ending June 30, sales of children’s books soared by nearly a third to £24.8m. Nearly 15 years since the last book was released, JK [...]
Netflix plots move into video games as subscriber growth slows July 21, 2021 Netflix last night confirmed plans to move into video games after the streaming giant suffered a sharp slowdown in new subscriber growth. The streaming giant added 1.54 million subscribers over the last quarter, below analyst forecasts and a significant fall from its 2020 boom. In the same quarter last year, at the peak of the [...]