Murdoch family retains majority control of News Corp after shareholder vote Activist investor Starboard Value had challenged ownership structure, as Murdoch family controls 41% of company votes
Comcast to spin off portfolio of cable networks including MSNBC and CNBC Telco giant plans to keep NBC, though detangling talent and resources from spun-off networks will prove a challenge
‘People don’t get the power of the podcast. But Trump does’: broadcaster-turned-investor Harry Stebbings The twentysomething podcaster and venture capitalist talks about his $400m investment fund, his mum – and the power of new media to influence politics
What we’ve learned in the five years since our first environment pledge An update on our progress from the Guardian’s head of sustainability
Efune insists his Daily and Sunday Telegraph bid is still on track Asset manager Oaktree out of running as backer but businessman has ‘high confidence’ he will get finance
John Lewis Christmas advert this year tells tale of two sisters This year’s ad is actually about going shopping and features Oxford Street store plus song by Richard Ashcroft
Most UK TV ads for sweets and snacks shown before children’s viewing watershed Research has prompted claims firms such as Mars, Haribo and PepsiCo are in ‘flagrant’ breach of codes of behaviour
Brutal hours, tyrants and chest pains: a freelance producer on the reality of British TV ‘TV industry would not exist without freelancers, yet it bullies us “lucky” ones into fearing about future work if we complain’
With Trump returning to the presidency, everything from abortion to immigration is under threat From climate change to foreign policy, the impact of Trump in the White House will be felt across the US and the world
Watchdog rules Eurostar ads on social media for £39 seats were misleading Advertising Standards Authority censures posts on Instagram and Facebook for trips from London to Amsterdam and Brussels
Trump Media posts heavy losses in surprise election-night earnings report Nasdaq halts trading of the company’s stock several times as its price rises and falls by huge percentages
Greggs scoffs at reports of snub by its Christmas ad star Nigella Lawson TV chef, who has signed up for bakery chain’s first ever festive advert, says she is a fan of its sausage rolls
Sky faces bill for hundreds of millions after advertising blunder Sky Media will have to recompense business partners after discovering it had miscalculated what it owed them
As Hello Kitty turns 50 her cuteness is still earning £3.1bn a year Japanese character said to be second-highest grossing media franchise after Pokémon is also a TikTok superstar
Budget 2024: what the UK papers said about Rachel Reeves’s statement Headlines featured numerous ‘nightmare’ allusions for budget delivered the day before Halloween