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News Corp to close iPad newspaper The Daily

Rupert Murdoch's online subscription venture was losing $30m a year and failed to win enough subscribers. By Mark Sweney

Trader Media Group reports 6% profit rise

Digital growth offsets a more than 30% decline in sales of Auto Trader magazine. By Mark Sweney

Pinewood Shepperton studios returns to profitability

Results despite TV production revenues slumping 30%, thanks to films including James Bond movie Skyfall. By Mark Sweney

DMGT reports profits surge at Northcliffe Media

Daily Mail & General Trust figures boosted by restructuring programme at regional newspaper division. By Mark Sweney

Skyfall helps Cineworld shake off poor summer at the box office

Bond film's current £60m UK box-office take boosts chain after summer in which public eschewed movies for Olympics. By Mark Sweney

Google pledge to downgrade piracy sites under review

Government raises prospect of fresh legislation as entertainment groups accuse internet giant of dragging its feet. By Josh Halliday

Troy Carter interview: Lady Gaga’s manager on the future of social media

Lisa O'Carroll: Knowing user behaviour spells success – and how a teenager's news-crunching website could be the next big thing

BSkyB overtakes TalkTalk to become UK’s third biggest broadband provider

Rupert Murdoch group celebrates online success, but pre-tax profits dip as TV subscriber growth slows. By Mark Sweney

Penguin merger with Random House speaks volumes about book industry

Concerns over Amazon's power underlie plan to create £2.6bn super-publisher – yet industry is relatively healthy

Penguin and Random House may merge, but the power lies elsewhere

Philip Jones: Talks over a Penguin-Random House consolidation are driven by the big tech giants – and more publishers are likely to follow

McClatchy reports drop in revenues

US newspaper publisher hoping for boost from paywalls

New York Times reports 11% rise in paid-for digital subscriptions

Company reports small profit despite year-on-year falls in print and digital advertising. By Mark Sweney

Facebook shares rise as mobile growth spurs revenue increase

Social network posts third-quarter loss of $59m, but revenues rise to $1.09bn as Mark Zuckerberg touts mobile successes

Virgin Media adds 60,000 internet subscribers in three months

High-speed broadband and Usain Bolt ad campaign help company boost internet customer base to 4.2 million. By Mark Sweney

Virgin Media and BT take legal action against Birmingham council broadband

Companies file state aid complaint against Birmingham city council over launch of network which will compete with their own

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  • Scientists are working on headphones that block annoying noises and allow the ones you love? I can’t wait!
  • Readers reply: Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone pin really be safer than a password?
  • Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace
  • ‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
  • X accused of giving racists ‘impunity’ after refusing to bar N- and P-word posts
  • NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation
  • ‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
  • Make platforms that promote violent content pay towards riot costs, Streeting says
  • UK government announces £132.5m after-school clubs package
  • Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing

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