Comcast agrees to buy Fox’s stake in Sky for £11.6bn after bidding war victory
US cable group Comcast has confirmed an agreement to buy 21st Century Fox’s 39 per cent stake in Sky, including…
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Croydon Citizen to close after five years as editor says Facebook and Google have ‘won battle for eyeballs’
Non-profit local news magazine the Croydon Citizen is set to close because it is “too short of both love and…
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Former Times columnist Tim Montgomerie leaves Unherd news website he founded last year
Former Times columnist Tim Montgomerie has resigned from Unherd, the alternative news website he founded last year to offer readers…
By US giant Comcast wins control of Sky after its £30bn bid sees off Rupert Murdoch’s Fox at weekend auction
Comcast has won the long-running battle for control of Sky after beating Fox with a £30bn bid for the broadcaster. In a…
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DC Thomson expands with buyout of specialist magazine publisher Aceville Publications
DC Thomson Media has bought a publisher of almost 40 magazine titles as part of its plan to transform into “multimedia…
By Fox and Comcast bidding war for Sky to be settled in weekend auction
The long-running bidding battle for Sky will be decided in a quick-fire auction finishing on Saturday night, Britain’s Takeover Panel…
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Businessman ruled personally liable for thousands owed to former employees of closed View From newspaper series
A Dorset-based businessman has been found personally responsible for thousands of pounds owed to almost 30 former employees of a…
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US entrepreneur buys Time magazine from Meredith but will ‘not be involved in journalistic decisions’
The chief executive of US computing company Salesforce and his wife have bought Time magazine from US media brand Meredith…
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