Music samples group Splice agrees deal to acquire London-based Spitfire Audio for its library of orchestral sounds
Viktor Orbán faces scrutiny over his tightening grip on critical voices
Ad agencies adopt new strategies to ensure clients appear in results produced by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude
Moves comes as music-streaming service chases greater profitability as its stock has soared higher
The 234-year-old Sunday newspaper will produce its first edition under new ownership this weekend
Negotiations come as US president’s legal fight against studio’s CBS News nears conclusion
Independent labels urge competition authorities to block deal saying it would make music giant too dominant
President Claudia Sheinbaum criticises spots in which Trump administration threatens to ‘hunt’ down ‘illegal’ migrants
Hollywood mogul’s lawyers hope attitudes to sexual assault have shifted five years after his conviction
Bill Owens announces decision in email to staff as parent company considers settling a lawsuit from Donald Trump
Thomas Rabe hopes that softening EU regulation will allow him to revisit a tie-up between broadcasters M6 and TF1
Firms seek out new ground in sports, music and social media as traditional TV and film strain under the streaming revolution
Fight between UK-based media group and country’s top-flight league threatens cash crunch at smaller clubs
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
While superhero franchises flag, ‘A Minecraft Movie’ shows the industry has finally cracked the formula for translating popular games into films
Enforcement resources directed at gangs at the top rather than consumers who flout law
Streaming service’s shares gain as earnings beat Wall Street’s forecasts
Federal court’s decision heightens the risks that Silicon Valley behemoth will need to sell assets
Chinese retailers’ retreat threatens Big Tech advertising revenues
More companies are reducing ad budgets than increasing them, trade body finds
Plan would reduce stake of Abu Dhabi-based IMI to overcome objections of British government on grounds of foreign control
French agency’s chief says clients are on a ‘wait and see’ attitude
Media executive plans to launch a ‘suite’ of digital subscription services to arrest long-term decline in cable
Luring advertising spend is tricky and with low barriers to entry, what spoils there are scatter thinly
Major streamers such as Netflix should pay a levy to fund uniquely British television
