Future: Go Compare owner announces share buyback May 16, 2025 Future has reported a robust set of half year results, with profits and margins holding firm despite a three per cent drop in revenue. In the six months to 31 March, the London-headquatered media platform posted adjusted operating profit of £100.7m, down five per cent from the same period last year. Profitability remained resilient with [...]
Gary Lineker: BBC pushed me out of £1.3m Match of the Day job April 22, 2025 Gary Lineker has revealed that the BBC pushed him out of his long-running £1.3m job as presenter of Match of the Day. Lineker’s departure at the end of this season after 26 years in the role was announced in November, with the BBC describing the move as him “stepping down” and saying he’d be “hugely [...]
Revealed: The private equity billionaire’s empire behind your favourite podcasts April 10, 2025 Conni Jonsson might not be a household name in the UK but this Swedish private equity billionaire is behind some of the most popular podcasts in the country. Jonsson is the founder of EQT AB, a Swedish global investment organisation set up in 1994. He also owns investment firm Qarlbo, which in turns holds 80 [...]
The Sun slashes losses as The Times treads water March 31, 2025 The Sun slashed its pre-tax loss as an increase in cover price helped to offset falling newspaper sales, it has been revealed. Separate accounts filed for The Times also show its finances have remained broadly the same during its latest financial year while TalkTV continued to make a huge loss. The two newspaper groups and [...]
Sidemen: KSI-led YouTube stars rake in millions as popularity grows March 25, 2025 Sidemen, the British YouTube group whose most prominent member is KSI, raked in more than £7m during a bumper year, it has been revealed. Sidemen Entertainment, the company produces content for YouTube, grew its net assets to over £7m in the 12 months to 30 June, 2024. The figure has been revealed in new accounts [...]
Former SAS: Who Dares Wins star Ant Middleton banned after failing to pay £1m tax bill March 24, 2025 Former SAS: Who Dares Wins chief instructor Ant Middleton has been banned from being a director of a company after his business failed to pay more than £1m in tax. The television personality was the director of Sway and Starting Limited along with his wife, Emilie Middleton. The business, which was described as offering media [...]
GB News wins legal review of Ofcom’s breach of impartiality ruling February 28, 2025 GB News has won a legal review of Ofcom ruling that it breached impartiality in two shows hosted by former politician, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
The Spectator: RedbirdIMI sale forces magazine into the red for the first time since 2012 February 7, 2025 The Spectator crashed into the red for the first time in more than a decade after its initial sale to RedbirdIMI, it has been revealed. The magazine has posted a pre-tax loss of £6.8m for 2023, according to delayed accounts filed with Companies House after the sale cost it £6.4m. The loss came after the [...]
Sky News has set off on a premium-first direction. Will it work? February 3, 2025 As a phalanx of well-tailored media executives sipped on lukewarm white wine and flicked slivers of smoked salmon onto their plates, David Rhodes set out his philosophy for running one of the largest news organisations in the world. “You have to believe that the basic journalistic activity that you’re doing has value,” the Sky News [...]
Sky News to shift focus to ‘premium’ content January 28, 2025 Sky News is planning a seismic overhaul of its newsroom that will see the national broadcaster focus on “premium” paid-for content over its traditional linear news. The channel’s executive chair unveiled the strategy – branded Sky News 2030 – in a speech to staff on Tuesday in an attempt to seek out new streams of [...]