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Xbox 720: Microsoft banking on entertainment services in the next generation

Rival to Sony's PlayStation 4 due to be revealed in Washington on Tuesday, with name of latest incarnation still a mystery. By Keith Stuart

Entertainment One reports 25% jump in profit growth

Co-owner of Peppa Pig and distributor of Twilight franchise also announces 25% increase in revenues to £629.1m. By Mark Sweney

Yahoo on $1.1bn Tumblr acquisition deal: we won’t screw it up

Web pioneer reveals details of acquisition of blogging platform, as site's 26-year-old founder tells staff: 'Fuck yeah'. By Charles Arthur and Josh Halliday

David Karp: Tumblr founder could be worth up to $220m after Yahoo deal

Self-taught coder who set up Tumblr in his mother's New York apartment could be the newest rich kid on the internet block. By Josh Halliday

Yahoo’s $1.1bn Tumblr takeover is a bold roll of the dice

Jemima Kiss: CEO Marissa Meyer risks blowing the blogging platform's cool – but the deal could rejuvenate the tech giant's ad business

Pinewood Studios’ £200m expansion plan faces fewer objections

Studios that are home to James Bond films hope to double in size after putting their case to the local council for a second time. By Mark Sweney

Sun paywall set at £2 with access to Premier League football highlights

Charge will come into effect in August after £30m deal is struck for rights to all 380 Premier League matches a season. By Mark Sweney

James Bond franchise could be forced to move from UK home in Pinewood

Pinewood studios, the official home of the 007 films, requires major injection of funds to keep UK film industry afloat

BT reports full-year profit rise ahead of pay TV price war

Telecoms group signs up new pay TV customers faster than rivals Sky and Virgin as it announces profits up 2% to £6.18bn

Australian publisher ‘on a journey from print to digital’

Fairfax chief predicts end of newsprint newspapers in 10 years

Grazia editor: magazines are still streets ahead of the internet

PPA conference: Jane Bruton says there will always be a place for print and points out that 'you can't read an iPad in the bath'. By Mark Sweney

Auto Trader puts brakes on print edition as part of move to digital

Trader Media Group confirms publication will go online only in June as website traffic reaches 11 million readers a month. By Josh Halliday

Harriet Harman urges overhaul of media ownership rules

Labour deputy leader says media barons such as Rupert Murdoch have developed a sense of invincibility

Shazam chief aims to drive revenues into ‘hundreds of millions’ ahead of IPO

Ex-Yahoo executive Rich Riley says service plans to capitalise on its 60 million monthly users as it lines up stock market listing. By Mark Sweney

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