The smouldering embers of the dotcom boom flickered into life yesterday when online auction group Ebay agreed to buy internet payments firm PayPal for £1bn, writes John Cassy.
Vivendi Universal last night attempted to restore investor confidence as it confirmed the appointment of Jean-René Fourtou, 63, as chairman and chief executive. By David Teather.
One of the UK's greatest internet boom and bust stories came to an end yesterday as BT bought out online directories business Scoot.com for just £5m, writes Richard Wray.
1.45pm: Oftel has enraged BT's rivals by ruling BT can charge customers for its telephone and high speed internet services using a combined bill. By Owen Gibson.
10.30am: Embattled music download service Napster could be saved from collapse in a move that would see the company filing for bankruptcy then being acquired outright by German media giant Bertelsmann, writes Owen Gibson.
Napster, the controversial online song swapping service, is close to going under following the resignation of its founder, Shawn Fanning, along with the firm's chief executive and a number of other senior staff. By David Teather.
8.30am: Film director David Lynch has said the sacking of Pierre Lescure as head of Canal Plus will lead to a 'McDonald's-style standardisation' of cinema and TV, reports Claire Cozens.
4.45pm: French film and TV stars have joined a mass protest outside the Paris headquarters of media group Vivendi Universal. By Claire Cozens and Dan Milmo.