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Voices: Why Rothermere’s £500m Telegraph takeover exposes a digital power play – and a dilemma for Starmer

COMMENT: The Mail-Telegraph merger is raising fears about monopolies and influence, but the motivations behind it lie in online subscriptions, says Chris Blackhurst – leaving the prime minister and the watchdogs struggling to keep up

The Independent UK

Kristen Bell & Brian Cox Blindsided By Their Casting In A Jesus-Themed Fox News Podcast

The pair were among the actors shocked to learn years-old audio footage was being repurposed for a podcast series about the life of Jesus Christ.

Pedestrian.tv

Airbrushing and exhortations: Ita Buttrose reflects on her life in media – well, some of it

Ita Buttrose is a consequential figure in Australian public life for many reasons, most of all because of her work as a journalist, so it is odd that only one chapter of her memoir Unapologetically Ita is wholly devoted to this.

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How chummy is too chummy? Epstein emails shine light on relationships between journalists, sources

The emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein that were released this week shine a light on the relationship between reporters and their sources — and that light isn't always flattering

The Independent UK

Blurred lines: how Michael Wolff aspired to be part of elite circles he wrote about

The writer who features prominently in newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails has achieved extraordinary access but faced questions about his journalistic ethics

The Guardian - US

It's Official: Mike Graham Sacked Over Facebook Post — Not His First Controversy

TalkTV presenter Mike Graham has been officially dismissed from Rupert Murdoch's digital channel after failing to cooperate with the investigation over a racist Facebook post.

International Business Times UK

Sky owner Comcast in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm for about £2bn

Deal would exclude ITV Studios but would mark major shake-up of UK television

The Guardian - UK

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The Sun publisher agrees to pay Christopher Jefferies ‘substantial damages’

Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers apologises for invading privacy of man wrongly arrested for high-profile murder

The Guardian - UK

8 Famous Women Everyone Still Swears Married For Money

In the world of celebrity, love stories often come with a side of scandal—and sometimes, a hefty bank account. While many high-profile couples genuinely fall in love, others spark endless speculation about motives. When a famous woman marries a significantly wealthier partner, the public can’t help but wonder: was it…

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TalkTV breached impartiality rules with allegations about cancelled local elections, Ofcom finds

Claim that elections were cancelled because ministers were ‘terrified of Reform’ given rare rebuke by regulator

The Guardian - UK

M&C Saatchi rejects £50m approach for performance division from Brave Bison

Rupert Murdoch-backed Brave Bison has been on the acquisition trail, making five deals so far this year.

Evening Standard

Lachlan Murdoch’s top adviser Siobhan McKenna resigns from News Corp

Company’s Australian broadcast chief, who was involved in negotiations over Murdoch family’s succession plans, to depart media giant

The Guardian - AU

‘Cable Cowboy’ John Malone to step down from his media empire

Retirement of billionaire, 84, leaves Rupert Murdoch as last of that generation to be actively involved in media business

The Guardian - US

Murdoch’s flagship hails ‘terrifyingly funny’ Succession, without a nod to the family who inspired it

The Australian names HBO drama the best TV show of the past 25 years. Plus: reporters in the spotlight at the White House

The Guardian - AU

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The Conversation

‘You and the Atom Bomb’: how George Orwell’s 1945 essay predicted the Cold War and nuclear proliferation

August 2025 marked the 80th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Just a month after the attacks, on 19 October 1945, George Orwell published an essay in the London Tribune, entitled “You and the Atom Bomb”. In it, he surmised what if “the great nations make…

The Guardian - AU

Malcolm McDowell: ‘I would be a total disaster as a spy – I do love to gossip’

The actor on nailing Rupert Murdoch’s accent, working with Stanley Kubrick and missing old-fashioned dinner parties

The Guardian - US

The divide: who really profits in today’s economy?

Broadway flops despite rising ticket costs, farmers face huge shortfalls largely due to Trump’s tariffs, tech cashes in

International Business Times UK

From Oracle to Paramount to TikTok: How Larry and David Ellison Are Building a New US Media Dynasty

Larry and David Ellison lead Paramount Skydance, reshaping the US media landscape through tech integration, major acquisitions, and political scrutiny.

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Woman & Home

The Hack: Where are Andy Coulson and Nick Davies now?

Viewers gripped by ITV's The Hack are wondering what happened to the real characters from the show in the aftermath of the scandal

Fortune

The U.S. will now actually control TikTok’s algorithm, JD Vance says

With the Ellisons (Oracle) and Murdochs (Fox) in the mix, Trump allies are poised to take at least partial control over the app’s recommendation engine.

The Conversation

Friday essay: new revelations of the Murdoch empire’s underbelly – from The Hack’s real-life journalist

This is the humblest day of my life, declared Rupert Murdoch to a parliamentary committee on July 19, 2011. This was at the height of what the newspaper historian Roy Greenslade called “the most astonishing 14 days in British press history, with daily shock heaped upon daily shock”.

The Independent UK

Trump’s deadline call to Rupert Murdoch from Air Force One demanding he kill WSJ story on Epstein birthday note: report

Trump and his team desperately tried to get Murdoch and his newspaper to stop the story

The Independent UK

‘Bomb went off’: Report reveals moment Epstein files rocked the White House and why Trump is desperate to keep them secret

The Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files fallout was reportedly a summer of ‘disorganization,’ high-stakes strategy meetings in the Situation Room, and a series of ‘errors’

The Guardian - US

Murdoch’s TikTok? Trump offers allies another lever of media control

Under the known terms of the deal with China, TikTok would get a new board, including Murdochs and Ellisons

The Independent UK

The Hack review – David Tennant is a class act in sprawling ITV phone-hacking drama that tries to do too much

3/5 Jack Thorne, who wrote ‘Toxic Town’ and ‘Adolescence’, is back again with a show that might have worked better as two separate stories

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