Space Jam: A New Legacy review – a messy Warner Bros advert July 19, 2021 You might think cinematic crossovers are a modern invention, but 25 years ago two icons of entertainment met on the big screen. At the peak of his popularity, Michael Jordan starred in Space Jam, his one and only film role, opposite Bugs Bunny and The Looney Tunes. The film was a box office hit, and [...]
GB News has been ‘cancelled’ and made a roaring success out of it June 18, 2021 In less than a week, GB News has achieved what it set out to do. In his opening introduction, Andrew Neil vowed to expose “cancel culture” and focus on the news that matters to people outside of the “Westminster bubble”. Right on cue, a host of companies from Octopus Energy to the cider firm Kopparberg [...]
Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
London’s ‘unsung bridge’ lights up to mark its 100th birthday June 4, 2021 It has survived a bombing during the Blitz, witnessed tragedy on the Thames and appeared in a Harry Potter film… this weekend one of London’s unsung bridges marks its 100th birthday. Unlike most centenarians, Southwark Bridge won’t get a telegram from the Queen, but it did receive a royal christening, opened amid pomp and ceremony [...]
Screenshot: Is Channel 4 facing a Great British Sell-Off? June 4, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Baby Musk (Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo) **Is Channel 4 facing a Great British Sell-Off? **Etsy dials into Gen Z fashion Media Moment of the Week: Baby Musk (Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo, Doo) It’s fair to say Elon Musk has a bit of a reputation for [...]
Publisher Bloomsbury enjoys record year as books offer lockdown escapism June 2, 2021 Publishing house Bloomsbury has posted record results for the year as Brits reached for the escapism of reading during a series of lockdowns. “The popularity of reading has been a ray of sunshine in an otherwise very dark year. In an outstanding year for Bloomsbury, we delivered record results,” chief executive, Nigel Newton, said in a [...]
Screenshot: Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? May 21, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys **Have the streaming wars just gone nuclear? **Can London close the tech gap on Silicon Valley? Media Moment of the Week: That’ll do, you donkeys Shrek turned 20 this week. Ah lovely, an innocent reminder of youth, I bet you’re thinking. Wrong. It’s actually [...]
Stream team: How Discovery and Warner Media plan to take on Netflix May 18, 2021 It was a plot hatched in the utmost secrecy. After striking up a rapport over their shared interest in golf, Discovery chief executive David Zaslov and AT&T boss John Stankey devised a plan to merge their media assets, shaking up the world of streaming in the process. Following a few whirlwind months of negotiations, which [...]
Streaming giants: Amazon reportedly in talks to buy iconic MGM Studios May 18, 2021 One of the film industry’s most famous studios MGM may be about to be bagged by online retail giant Amazon for £6.35bn, according to reports. The multi-billion-dollar sale would give Amazon’s Prime streaming service access to a back catalogue of iconic content that spans nearly 100 years of film and television since the studio was [...]
AT&T and Discovery to create $150bn media empire to take on Netflix in streaming wars May 17, 2021 AT&T and Discovery near deal to create $150bn media empire to take on Netflix in streaming wars