Virgin Media accidentally gives away telephone number A reader who wrote to us about struggling to get connected is back, as the switching process takes another turn for the worse
STV to take on BBC in Scotland with launch of digital news service ITV licence holder to begin digital service next month that will cover international and UK news from Scottish perspective
Louise Mensch to launch rightwing site for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Publisher says US-focused site Heat Street will have no ‘safe spaces’
Independent owner considering closing national print titles Evgeny Lebedev and team have not yet made a final decision but he is expected to close 30-year-old titles
Welcome to the sixth evolution of television: place-shifting Having gone from humble black-and-white beginnings, 2016 will see TV set free from the television to be consumed wherever and whenever you want
Daily Mail website’s ad revenues surge as paper announces price hike Mail Online ad income soared by 27% in the fourth quarter, driven by US growth – but it was not enough to offset print decline
Baroness Rebuck and Jimmy Wales join Guardian Media Group board Chair of book publisher Penguin Random House UK and Wikipedia founder take up their roles with immediate effect
Disney boss says Star Wars saga will continue beyond new trilogy Plus: Han Solo was once set to return as a 10-year-old boy whose adoptive dad was Chewbacca in 2005 prequel Revenge of the Sith
Portsmouth newspaper’s price rise a symptom of media malady Newsprint buyers will vanish ever faster, but publishers have done too little with their digital products to make them attractive to readers or advertisers
Virgin Media asks ASA to crack down on false broadband speed claims The ad watchdog’s current rules allow companies to advertise a headline broadband speed even if it is available to only 10% of customers
Daily Mail takes full control of Australian website Nine Entertainment joint venture ends as Mail Online’s global chief executive says 100% ownership is best business model
Canada’s largest newspaper publisher reveals revenue falls Advertising decreases cause a £2m quarterly loss for Postmedia Network
Moshi Monsters maker in crunch talks on loan as figures show revenue slump British children’s entertainment firm Mind Candy also saw its net losses increase in 2014 as income from subscriptions and licensing declined
Vice Europe to double revenues to £100m as TV strategy pays off UK operation will deliver first significant profits at approximately £18m as investment in news and driving TV strategy pays off
Star Wars studio looks to prevent attack of the drones Pinewood conducts security exercise aiming to stop movie buffs snooping on production of films such as episode VIII of sci-fi franchise and James Bond