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Virgin Media grows revenue despite fall in new TV customers

Cable company reports 70% fall in new TV customer signings as first-quarter revenue grows to £982m. By Mark Sweney

Jamie East: I didn’t sell half of Holy Moly to Endemol without TV in mind

Will the celebrity site's tie-up with Endemol damage its credibility? Not a bit of it, says Holy Moly's founder. By John Plunkett

Google digs deep on treasure island UK

Charles Arthur: This sceptred isle is probably much more profitable for Google than the US operation

Google shares fall as first-quarter profits fail to meet expectations

Results likely to heighten investor fears that Google's commitment to recruit 6,200 workers this year will harm profits

US cinemas threaten not to show films in video-on-demand dispute

Cinema owners prepared not to screen blockbusters made by studios involved in premium VoD plan. By Josh Halliday

Cisco to close Flip camera unit as smartphones swallow its market

After enjoying huge popularity from 2007, the Flip camcorder is being killed off with the loss of 550 jobs. By Charles Arthur

The Winklevoss twins are only the beginning of Zuckerberg’s problems

Facebook founder faces more legal action surrounding the site's ownership. By Charles Arthur

Pinewood Shepperton gets takeover bid

Property group Peel Holdings makes offer for studios where latest Harry Potter film and James Bond franchise were shot. By Mark Sweney

Video search engine Blinkx to buy Burst Media

Deal worth $30m for online advertising services company expected to add revenues of $34m. By Mark Sweney

Digital sports rights group Perform in £586m flotation

Company is first digital media company since Moneysupermarket.com in 2007 to float on London Stock Exchange. By Mark Sweney

Hollywood studios sue Zediva movie-streaming site

Site that streams films such as The Social Network over the web directly from DVD players claimed to infringe copyright. By Josh Halliday

Olympic Games outdoor ad space auction begins online

Prime advertising space for London 2012 Olympics being auctioned online, with Games sponsors making the first bids. By Mark Sweney

Hollywood video on demand plans anger cinema owners

Film studios clash with National Association of Theatre Owners over plans for film releases to be in living rooms. By Josh Halliday

Is Morgan Spurlock buying into film branding or super-selling out?

Arwa Mahdawi: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold's attack on the ubiquity of product placement could be seen as a win for the advertising industry

Leonardo DiCaprio to borrow Jedward’s Lipstick

Media Monkey: The pop duo's Eurovision entry will also feature in a Leonardo DiCaprio car ad

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  • Reform accused of proposing tax cuts worth £40bn to boost chances in Makerfield byelection – UK politics live
  • Spielberg’s Disclosure Day opens strongly at box office as Obsession, Backrooms – and Michael – smash records
  • Ian McKellen says he imagined destroying Mar-a-Lago for new Avengers movie
  • UK under-16s social media ban: which apps will be blocked and how will it work?
  • The Toymaker’s Key review – steampunk sci-fi animation is eclectic if overwrought
  • How Australia’s social media ban has affected families six months on
  • ‘Loving our country sounds like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser’: Robert De Niro leads crowd in rallying cry against Trump
  • Social media firms hit back as Starmer announces ban for under-16s in UK
  • The man who bought Diane Keaton’s nail clippers also owns Whoopi Goldberg’s teapot: ‘It will have her fingerprints on it’
  • Disclosure Day: alien conspiracies, car chases and a jaw-dropping climax – discuss with spoilers
  • Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
  • Angel’s Egg review – Mamoru Oshii’s dazzling 1985 anime is an eerie philosophical adventure
  • The problem with ‘loneliness influencers’ isn’t their friendlessness – it’s the air of cosy defeatism
  • Dry Leaf review – three-hour amble around the football pitches of Georgia in search of a daughter
  • ‘More relevant now than ever’: how Virginia Woolf recaptured the cultural zeitgeist
  • ‘Distressingly beautiful and disorienting’: the Willem Dafoe film that only one person can see at a time
  • Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook
  • Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s
  • A day in the life of a dancer who went viral for pretending to be a parakeet
  • Why is the UK launching an ‘Australia plus’ social media ban and how will it work?
  • 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

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