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 [...]
Prince Harry settles as The Sun’s publisher offers ‘unequivocal apology’ for phone hacking January 22, 2025 Prince Harry has settled his legal case with the News Group Newspapers a day into a mega-trial at the English High Court.
Brent Hoberman: Fear of ‘media onslaught’ puts business people off joining government January 11, 2025 Serial entrepreneur Brent Hoberman and the investment minister Poppy Gustaffson have warned that business people are put off taking on government positions due to fear of a “media onslaught”. Writing on LinkedIn, Hoberman, the founder of Lastminute.com and failed furniture retailer Made.com, criticised coverage of business people entering government and claimed the media constantly “insinuates [...]
DC Thomson: Stylist and The Beano publisher recovers from £161m loss January 6, 2025 DC Thomson, the publishing group behind the likes of Stylist, Press & Journal and The Beano, has surged back into profit and recovered from a £161m loss. The Dundee-headquartered business has jumped to a pre-tax profit of £93.8m for the year to 31 March, 2024, according to newly-filed accounts with Companies House. The results also [...]
Global: Huge losses continue for LBC, Heart and Capital owner January 2, 2025 Global, the media giant which owns commercial radio stations such as Capital, Heart and LBC, has now lost almost £700m since it last reported a pre-tax profit. The London-headquartered empire, which also includes Smooth, Radio X and Classic FM, fell to a pre-tax loss of £120.3m in the year to 31 March, 2024, newly-filed accounts [...]