WPP shares jump as embattled advertiser draws takeover interest November 17, 2025 Shares in advertising giant WPP soared as markets opened on Monday following reports the firm was the subject of takeover interest. The FTSE 100 group is said to be in the centre of deals chatter with interest from French rival Havas, as well as private equity firms Apollo and KKR. WPP soared ten per cent [...]
Ubisoft issues sales warning as gamers’ habits change November 17, 2025 The UK arm of Ubisoft has warned its sales will be lower for its current financial year thanks to a combination of fewer new games being released and a major change in habits. The Guildford-headquartered division of the French giant has said gamers playing fewer titles and for longer means that newer games “are struggling [...]
Redbird pulls out of deal for The Telegraph November 14, 2025 Redbird has pulled out of its £500m bid to buy the Daily Telegraph in a move that will plunge the broadsheet into further uncertainty and leaves the paper without a long-term owner for more than two-and-a-half years. The US private equity giant had been the sole buyer willing to stump up the half a billion-pound [...]
Christmas adverts in 2025 review, from John Lewis to AI Coca-Cola November 11, 2025 As the embers of bonfire night slowly cool in the rain, our minds are turned to Christmas in its full commercial glory. It’s funny how at this time of year people start to look at ads – the same people that have been actively avoiding them all year! Christmas adverts have become a necessary backdrop [...]
Can Donald Trump really sue the BBC for $1bn? November 11, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s threat to sue the BBC for $1bn over the misleading edit of a Panorama programme has thrown the Corporation into crisis. But it’s unclear if the US President’s threats have any legal substance. Trump made his legal threat after a BBC memo was leaked, revealing that its Panorama programme had spliced [...]
The BBC’s Praetorian Guard would preside over its death November 10, 2025 The BBC has had to apologise to the President of the United States for manipulating footage to give audiences the impression he said something that he did not say. The gravity of this error was so enormous that it caused the resignation of the CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, and the Director General of [...]
Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit November 10, 2025 Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn for the editing of a speech by its Panorama programme. The Corporation has been given a deadline of Friday 14 November to make a “full and fair retratction” of the documetary ‘Trump: A Second Chance?’. BBC chair Samir Shah has apologised for an “error of [...]
Sky in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm for £1.6bn November 7, 2025 ITV has confirmed it is in early talks with Sky over the possible sale of its media and entertainment division, in a move that could reshape the UK television industry. In a statement to the market on Friday, ITV announced that it was in “preliminary discussions” regarding a potential sale of its broadcasting and streaming [...]
Starmer urged to back journalism as AI erodes trust in UK media November 3, 2025 Britain’s media leaders have urged the Prime Minister to take decisive action to protect trusted journalism from a rising tide of misinformation, warning that the future of the country’s news ecosystem is at risk. In a letter to Keir Starmer, senior figures from the BBC, Sky, ITN, and the News Media Association (NMA), which represents [...]
Eon Productions’ James Bond pay day revealed October 23, 2025 Eon Productions received $20m (£15m) from the sale of the James Bond franchise earlier this year, it has been revealed for the first time. In February, James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson agreed to sell creative control to Amazon MGM Studios for a reported $1bn. Exact financial terms of the deal, which [...]