This is Pogboom: How the Paul Pogba brand will help Manchester United pay back world record £89m fee August 9, 2016 Paul Pogba, the most expensive footballer in history after signing for United for a record £89m, is a midfielder who can do it all. In a single game he might score a screamer, demonstrate defensive diligence and bamboozle an opponent with tricks while simultaneously outrunning and outworking him. But according to industry experts, United may have been salivating at both [...]
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp makes “aggressive” assault on digital growth as print problems mount August 8, 2016 Rupert Mudoch's News Corporation is making an "aggressive" assault on digital growth as its print advertising troubles mount. The publisher of the Sun, Times, Sunday Times and Wall Street Journal newspapers reported a five per cent growth in revenue in the last quarter on Monday. The figures In the three months to 30 June, the company’s turnover [...]
This London tech startup is planning to list on AIM August 8, 2016 A tech startup based in London is planning to go public with a multi-million pound listing on the capital's junior market. LoopUp is seeking to raise £9m, it's understood, which would give the firm a market capitalisation of up to £45m, and plans to list by the end of August on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The startup takes [...]
A probe into Premier League broadcast rights has been dropped August 8, 2016 A major probe into the rights to air Premier League football on UK television has been dropped by the regulator. The two-year probe has been drawn to a close after Ofcom decided there was enough progress being made on making more games available to watch while football fans seemed largely happy. The investigation was first launched [...]
Amazon’s Japan office reportedly raided August 8, 2016 The offices of Amazon in Japan were raided by authorities, according to local media. Officials from the Fair Trade Commission, the country's competition watchdog, were probing the retail giant's offices on suspicions that it unfairly forced sellers to favour its own platform over rival ones, according to Nikkei. Read more: Prime Day was the biggest [...]
Rio 2016: As non-sponsoring brands get more scope to cash in on Olympic fever, official partners may be getting a bum deal August 8, 2016 Rio 2016 may have be tainted by doping scandals, the threat of the Zika virus, and worries of violence, but if you’ve got the money, sponsoring the Olympics seems like a no-brainer. Around 3.6bn people saw at least one minute of London 2012, and Rio’s audience is expected to be even bigger still, providing the 11 [...]
Project Juno: Struggling national newspaper publishers put aside differences for united assault on advertising market August 7, 2016 National newspapers including the Sun, Guardian, Daily Mail and Daily Express are putting aside their differences to investigate how they might be able to work together to take on declines in the advertising market. Project Juno, a “feasibility study”, is being chaired by Steve Booth, a former advertising chief executive. The publishers of the Guardian, Sun, [...]
What heatwave? M&S is already filming its Christmas advert August 7, 2016 It may be a sweltering weekend of sunshine and clear blue skies, but one street in London has already seen snowfall – albeit the fake kind – after one high street favourite started shooting its Christmas advert. Yep, you heard that right. It may be the height of summer, but the Marks & Spencer is getting [...]
Don’t worry Manchester United fans, there is no legal case against Jose Mourinho over treatment of Bastian Schweinsteiger August 5, 2016 Jose Mourinho's freezing out of Bastian Schweinsteiger from the Manchester United first team has been described as criminal by a member of world player's union FifPro yet sports law experts in the UK believe there is no legal case against the manager. Slovenia FifPro member Dejan Stefanovic made headlines yesterday by telling the BBC that Schweinsteiger should "file [...]
End of an era for British journalism as “sanitised” Fleet Street loses its last newspaper journalists August 5, 2016 Today marks the end of an era for British journalism, with the last two Fleet Street-based reporters working their last day in what was once the home of the industry. Gavin Sherriff and Darryl Smith are to leave Fleet Street today as the Dundee-based Sunday Post closes its London bureau. This is the building the [...]