NBC Universal invests $200m in BuzzFeed
Rio de Janeiro Olympics among events companies may work together to cover following deal that values news and media site at $1.5bn
GQ and Empire among losers as readers shun digital magazines
Vanity Fair reported biggest drop of 15.6% year on year to 6,817 a month as majority of popular titles suffer, but Economist sees huge gain of 225.8%
NBC Universal invests $200m in Vox Media
Digital media business with brands including sport, tech and news valued at $1bn, with NBC said to be close to investing further $200m into BuzzFeed
Johnston Press claims trading up despite slump in ad revenue
Local newspaper publisher reports operating profits down 4.3% to £27m in first half to 3 July, but digital audience grows by more than 20%
A bionic hand in five days: how tech innovation is changing lives
Assistive technology is giving disabled people more control over their lives, but businesses and charities have a long way to go on accessibility and affordability
Can AI help us solve the ad industry’s troubles?
Embrace the algorithm and we will future proof the sector for 2020 and beyond
UK advertising spend hits record £4.7bn in first quarter of 2015
TV ads grew 11.5% year on year but newspapers and publishers report slowest growth in digital ads on record and overall decline in spending of 6.8% across industry
Why BBC, Gawker and the FT must fight to keep editorial independence
Why should anyone trust them if they are influenced by advertisers, owned by faraway private corporations or bullied by the government?
EU accuses Sky and Hollywood’s big six of illegally ‘geo-blocking’ film access
Broadcaster’s UK arm and studios such as Disney and Paramount alleged to have struck anti-competitive deals under EU rules
Daily Mail publisher hit by fall in print advertising
DGMT share price drops 9% after ‘marked deterioration’ in advertising revenue for flagship print titles
DMG Media’s Mel Scott to head new unified advertising sales team
Publisher creates Mail Brands UK to sell ads across all its titles
Cannes Lions: will advertising ever again be about the people it serves?
The winners of this year’s festival highlight that advertising, in its rush to prove that it is pro-technology, has become anti-people
Cannes Lions Innovation 2015 – as it happened
Updates, news and insights from day one of the Cannes Lions Innovation festival
Vice and Unilever team up for launch of female-focused channel
Broadly to be video-led channel spanning subjects such as politics, culture, sex and fashion
Major internet providers slowing traffic speeds for thousands across US
Study finds significant degradations of networks for five largest ISPs, including AT&T and Time Warner, representing 75% of all wireline households in US