CZ confirms Binance is an investor in Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition October 28, 2022 Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed it is a major investor in Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of social media platform Twitter.
From ballet and opera to festivals and clubs, our definition of culture has changed October 28, 2022 Pre-Covid, the night time economy contributed £66bn per year to the UK, making it the UK’s fifth largest industry, accounting for 1.3 million jobs and 8 percent of the UK’s total workforce. Just three years later, we’ve nearly been wiped out and there is little chance that we will recover anytime soon. Part of this [...]
The cost of doing business amidst the culture wars is an entirely new question of risk October 28, 2022 Mankind has long pondered the question of what it means to be good. Now corporate bodies are facing the same dilemma. Brand activism – the expectation on companies to be proactive drivers of social change – is here to stay. But getting the messaging right in the era of culture wars is difficult: it’s hard [...]
Explainer-in-brief: A cabinet rift in the shape of Qatar October 28, 2022 The new government is only days in, but a potential Cabinet squabble is already shaping up following foreign secretary James Cleverly’s request for gay football fans to “be respectful” to host country Qatar during the World Cup. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar. “With a little bit of flex and compromise at both ends, it can [...]
Twitter shares to be suspended as Musk closes in on takeover October 27, 2022 Twitter shares are set to be suspended from trading on the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow as Elon Musk closes in on a takeover of the firm after months of wrangling.
What’s driving the audiences behind Singapore’s crypto investment surge? October 26, 2022 Faraaz Marghoob, Group Strategy Director, BBH looks at what's driving the audiences behind Singapore’s crypto investment surge.
Representation in politics and media creates opportunities for a generation October 26, 2022 A few weeks ago, many of us were woken up by a curious occurrence: the presenters of BBC Radio 4 Today discussing their fellow presenter – Amol Rajan’s – challenge to the BBC Director General on accent bias among BBC News presenters. Whilst the conversation was all quite meta – with a small “m”- it [...]
Apple ups prices for music and TV for first time ever October 25, 2022 Apple has hiked its prices for its music and TV services for the first time ever this week, perhaps signalling things to come for its biggest streaming rivals. The tech giant said it would be increasing the price of Apple Music globally by $1 to $10.99, and breaking away from the standard ‘9.99’ price level [...]
Ryan Reynolds-owned Wrexham AFC criticises player for boots with ‘f*** the Tories’ on October 25, 2022 One of the oldest football clubs in the world has criticised one of its players for printing football boots with “f*** the Tories” on. Wrexham AFC, which was sensationally bought by US actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, said the boots “will not be worn tonight, or in any other” fixture, after striker Paul Mullin [...]
WhatsApp down globally, 40m Brits and hundreds of millions impacted around the world October 25, 2022 Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp went down for over an hour this morning in dozens of countries around the world, including the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Kenya, India, France and most of the United States and Canada. City A.M. can confirm that the outage was for both personal chats as well as group chats and hundreds [...]