Media business

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Telegraph and Spectator takeover: News Corp and Mail owner consider bids
Planned acquisition by UAE-backed RedBird IMI is being considered by the culture secretary

Jane Croft and Pippa Crerar

12, Mar, 2024 @6:11 PM

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Rupert Murdoch met Rishi Sunak five times in 12-month period
Media mogul met government representatives 12 times in 2022-23 when he was chair of News Corp

Alexandra Topping

11, Feb, 2024 @5:00 PM

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Telegraph could become ‘PR arm’ of UAE after proposed takeover, MPs warned
UAE-backed deal could be disastrous for UK government and freedom of press, opponents say

Mark Sweney

30, Jan, 2024 @3:07 PM

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Mutiny at Disney? Bob Iger’s fight to right the ship faces showdown with shareholders
Summoned out of retirement to right the company, Iger faces shareholders who want to shake up the board

Callum Jones in New York

26, Jan, 2024 @12:00 PM

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Virgin Media is most complained about UK broadband provider
Ofcom figures show Virgin attracted about 32 complaints per 100,000 customers compared with 18 for Now Broadband

Kalyeena Makortoff

25, Jan, 2024 @3:15 PM

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‘I was cut off four times’: Virgin Media customers say it’s too hard to cancel costly contracts
Many users tried to switch after they faced price rises of more than 50% at the end of their broadband deal

Anna Tims

19, Dec, 2023 @4:00 PM

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Guardian strikes TV and film deal with company behind The Crown
Collaboration will give Sony Pictures Entertainment exclusive first-look rights to Guardian’s global journalism

Mark Sweney

29, Nov, 2023 @6:15 AM

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Top Tory strategist’s lobbying firm advising Daily Mail owners on Telegraph bid
Exclusive: Isaac Levido’s company, Fleetwood Strategy, is helping DMGT navigate potential acquisition of rightwing broadsheet

Pippa Crerar Political editor

28, Nov, 2023 @6:24 PM

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Why is the Telegraph up for sale and who wants to buy it?
Potential buyers include a consortium that has vowed to pay off the current owners’ debts, the Daily Mail owner and a GB News investor

Alexandra Topping

28, Nov, 2023 @2:11 PM

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Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch meets Volodymyr Zelenskiy in signal of support for Ukraine
Media mogul was accompanied by Fox News’ Benjamin Hall, who was injured while covering the war, and Jerome Starkey from UK tabloid the Sun

Amanda Meade

21, Nov, 2023 @1:11 AM

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Virgin Media engineers keep trying to fix our broadband, but we haven’t asked for help
We’ve been deluged with engineer visits and messages when we have no fault or made any appointments

Anna Tims

17, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM

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Barclay family’s £1bn ‘back door’ offer for Telegraph alarms rival bidders
Source close to process says there are concerns offer could have ‘chilling affect’ on auction for media group

Mark Sweney

26, Oct, 2023 @5:00 AM

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