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Disney tops Hollywood hierarchy closing 21st Century Fox deal

Disney’s deal is a fightback against tech industry, Netflix and Amazon. Six changes to expect …

‘A monopolistic blob’: what the Disney/Fox merger means for cinema

This cartoon-like demonstration of alpha-capitalism will lead to stricter, safer and blander entertainment – and with each acquisition, the stakes get higher

Google must be broken up due to its ‘overwhelming’ power, News Corp says

Media giant tells Australian inquiry Google’s search engine and advertising platform should be separated

Galaxy Fold: Samsung unveils hi-tech foldable phone that costs $1,980

Smartphone-tablet hybrid has standard 4.6in phone on the outside and a 7.3in screen that unfolds on the inside

Closure of Google+: everything you need to know

Social network’s demise has confused many Google users. We answer the key questions

Guardian most trusted newspaper in Britain, says industry report

News outlet reaches more than 23m UK adults every month, helped by free website

Google and Facebook to push hard against proposal for regulatory body

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission considers market position of Google and Facebook justifies greater oversight

Local newspapers need to be based on public service, not profit

Advertising revenue alone is no longer enough to sustain regional newsrooms

Reading the small print: rural papers defy the odds in a sea of job losses

While large publishers are cutting staff and coverage, some regional independents are thriving

Follow the money: how News Corp wields power to defend its interests

In the third part of our series, we examine how Rupert Murdoch’s primary interest in politicians is not always political but often commercial

Comcast turns focus to Sky after exiting battle for 21st Century Fox

US media company’s move will make Rupert Murdoch’s bid to take full control more difficult

Netflix and Amazon become more popular than pay-TV services

Subscriber numbers for streaming services rise as young people shy away from traditional broadcasting

Guardian, News UK and Telegraph launch joint advertising business

The Ozone Project will allow advertisers to buy online ad space across news titles from one site

Daily Mail poaches new MailOnline editor from Murdoch’s Fox

Noah Kotch recruited from Fox News Digital to run website

Rupert Murdoch will be enjoying the hunt for 21st Century Fox

Wily old operator could push Disney to improve its terms or take Comcast’s pile of cash

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  • How Belfast knife attack became the latest far-right ‘trigger event’
  • Crackdown on tech platforms will go ahead despite US intervention, says No 10
  • Peabo Bryson obituary
  • Disclosure Day review – close encounters of a deferred kind in Spielberg’s conspiracy spectacular
  • ‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
  • All signs point to Trump pushing AI growth
  • UK regulator orders social media firms to adopt measures to stop viral illegal content
  • Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m
  • I watched as Meta’s threats stopped Sarah Wynn-Williams from speaking – we must have stronger rights for whistleblowers
  • Bank of England warns of AI scams as deepfakes of Farage-Bailey fight spread
  • Think Musk the billionaire was bad? Brace yourself for Musk the trillionaire
  • ‘A man of great appetites’: what’s it like to be a dictator’s personal chef?
  • Signal One review – Dennis Quaid and David Thewlis ballast high-concept, low-risk first contact yarn
  • White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s
  • Pink Narcissus review – garish colour and dreamlike images in a homoerotic vision of 60s New York
  • Doctors and NHS could be sued for mistakes made by AI tools, report warns
  • Let this be a warning – if Europe worries about Trump, it has even more reason to fear JD Vance
  • Tuesday briefing: Is a social media ban in the UK enough to help protect young people?
  • World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China
  • French star Patrick Bruel held by police investigating new sexual assault allegations
  • Plan for AI legal assistants in England and Wales ‘cannot replace funding and staff’, lawyers say
  • Child sexual abuse victims in England and Wales to get help to remove online images
  • OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market
  • Apple debuts revamped ‘Siri AI’ and new child safety features for iPhones and iPads
  • The Guardian view on children and the internet: rolling back big tech’s untrammelled power
  • Rushed social media ban for under-16s in UK could ‘unravel’, charity warns
  • Child phone nudity law could largely end online child sexual abuse if widely adopted, Jess Phillips claims – as it happened
  • Revealed: the ‘less lethal’ weapons Australian police don’t want you to know about
  • If Australian datacentres are going to power the AI revolution, we deserve a fair return
  • Tell us: which Steven Spielberg movie means the most to you?

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