Netflix holds Hollywood’s crown, but at what cost? December 9, 2025 If you have so much as glanced at any headlines in the past few days, you will have seen that Hollywood is entering a new era of streaming consolidation, with Netflix leading the way. The US giant has agreed a mega $72bn (£54bn) deal to acquire Warner Bros Discovery’s film and TV studios, HBO Max, [...]
Reeves is betting big on AI, but does the public back her? December 9, 2025 Rachel Reeves is betting the UK’s economic future on an AI-driven productivity surge, but there are serious questions about the plausibility of this bet given the UK’s weaknesses in implementation, scaling capacity, talent retention and public pessimism, says Paul Armstrong Rachel Reeves has placed an enormous bet on AI rescuing the UK’s dwindling economy. Fraser [...]
Trump won’t be able to resist shaping the future of American media December 9, 2025 Less than twenty years ago, Netflix was still sending DVDs through the post. That particular innovation helped to see off Blockbuster, which crashed from a valuation of around $5bn in the early 2000s to bankruptcy in 2011. Today, Netflix has a valuation north of $400bn and is swooping on a giant of the golden age [...]
Octus Unveils Sky Road Research Management, Uniting Credit Intelligence and Portfolio Management Seamlessly into a Single Platform December 8, 2025 Octus, the essential credit platform for the world’s leading buy-side firms, investment banks, law firms, and advisory firms, today announces the launch of Sky Road Research Management, an integrated enhancement to Sky Road, the portfolio management solution from Octus. The new capability integrates Octus’ award-winning analysis, news alerts, company financials, and document management features directly [...]
Wrexham AFC Welcomes Apollo Sports Capital as a Minority Investor December 8, 2025 Multi-faceted investment fuels growth on and off the pitch, including major STōK Cae Ras redevelopment
Pink Changing Lives®: Mary Kay Builds 11th Preschool in Sri Lanka, Turning a Dream Into Thousands of New Beginnings December 8, 2025 Each year, Mary Kay supports causes that enrich millions of women’s lives globally, including access to education
KKR Provides €300m Financing for Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 6 Acquisition of easyHotel Platform December 8, 2025 KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that KKR-managed funds and accounts provided c. €300 million whole loan financing to EPISO 6, a fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners, to support its recent acquisition of easyHotel, a leading pan-European budget hotel operator. The financing will also support growth initiatives for the easyHotel platform, including [...]
Salah’s Egypt and Iran will contest a ‘pride match’ at 2026 Fifa World Cup December 8, 2025 The 2026 Fifa World Cup match between Egypt and Iran has been designated as host city Seattle’s “pride match”. Homosexuality is illegal in both Egypt and Iran but the local organising committee in host city Seattle – the Seattle Pride Match Advisory Committee, which is not affiliated with Fifa – has said the match on [...]
PRISM, Pepper Advantage’s Credit and Mortgage Servicing Platform, Goes Live December 8, 2025 End-to-end platform automates workflows across the entire credit lifecycle and provides real-time data analysis for lenders, institutional investors and credit managers Over £1.5 billion in AUM representing over 17,000 loans for 12 clients now live
Ofcom flexes Online Safety Act with ignored fine December 6, 2025 Ofcom has issued its first major penalty under the Online Safety Act, and it’s aimed squarely at AVS Group Ltd, a little-known adult website network registered to a virtual mailbox in Belize. The regulator fined the firm £1m on Thursday for failing to introduce mandatory age checks across its 18 adult sites, then added another [...]