Veep creator Armando Iannucci struggling to fund Trump project due to scared buyers
Iannucci has been trying to start project involving Trump speeches but has been told to expect retribution
Seven out of 10 women in creative industries experience bullying and harassment, survey finds
Exclusive: Only half of victims report incidents – and of those who do, 42% say response was insufficient
‘Go woke, go broke’? New study challenges claims progressive films flop at the box office
Film data analyst Stephen Follows finds no evidence that ‘woke-adjacent’ cinema is doomed commercially – and claims some genres may benefit from diverse casting
Digested week: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension backfires with a Streisand effect return
Plus ‘American values’ versus ‘British values’ and Emma Watson’s allergic reaction to press junkets
Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free version
Subscription service is Meta’s response to regulatory warnings over crunching users’ data to serve targeted ads
The TikTok deal puts even more media in the hands of the super-rich
Trump is clearing the way for US investors to control a wildly popular platform where millions get their news
Abu Dhabi royal family to take stake in TikTok US under Trump deal
MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn
Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night show
Instagram still poses risk to children despite new safety tools, says Meta whistleblower
Meta rejects review findings, which claim two-thirds of new features designed to protect young people are ‘woefully ineffective’
Murdoch’s TikTok? Trump offers allies another lever of media control
Under the known terms of the deal with China, TikTok would get a new board, including Murdochs and Ellisons
Rightwing podcasters run rampant with Charlie Kirk conspiracies: ‘It’s craven opportunism’
After the Turning Point USA CEO’s killing, Candace Owens and other far-right stars are trying to persuade listeners of unfounded theories about Israel and federal involvement
Disney hikes streaming prices as Kimmel suspension fuels backlash
Company says Disney+, Hulu and ESPN price rises were planned before uproar over Kimmel’s suspension prompted calls to cancel
UK’s YouTube and TikTok content creators deserve more rights, say MPs
Cross-party group to ‘tear down barriers that stifle talent’, from mortgage difficulties to filming permit problems
‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human to make it work
What does ‘Boriswave’ mean and what is its political significance?
Use by Nigel Farage is latest example of terms coined by the ‘extremely online right’ entering political mainstream