Amazon’s main UK arm handed £7.6m tax credit as profits soar to £355m Tech company received infrastructure relief as its five biggest UK divisions generate £32bn in revenues
Boom Box: the story of undercover police who set up a fake music studio in London New four-part documentary reignites criticism of Operation Peyzac, in which officers posed as music industry figures to gather intelligence
‘Catastrophic for creative industries’: Brexit barriers shut UK actors out of EU jobs Casting shifts to EU talent as paperwork delays and visa limits make hiring British crews less viable
‘LA is not film friendly’: how Hollywood’s woes became a political cudgel in mayoral race Troubled Baywatch reboot production echoes film-making woes in a city best known for its movie and TV industry
Incoming Ofcom chair vows to take on ‘tech bros’ Ian Cheshire says media regulator must address perception it has been complacent and slow on online safety
Broadcasters must react to threat from ‘creator journalism’, says ex-head of BBC News Deborah Turness, who resigned last year, says traditional news in danger of being replaced by personality-led content
How TMZ is finding its footing on the political scene, even after some misfires The salacious gossip website is hounding politicians and tracking vacationing members of Congress
‘Peak TV is behind us’: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British production
Warner Bros Discovery vote to approve $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block it
The Pitt and Game of Thrones spinoff given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO Max
New Ofcom boss Ian Cheshire’s in-tray is full but one issue will dominate Implementation of the Online Safety Act has just got going, leaving ex-chair of Channel 4 with a huge task on his hands
Former Google executive Matt Brittin selected to be next BBC director general Former Olympic rower to lead corporation as it hammers out future funding model with government
Matt Brittin: why the BBC’s new Doctor Who-loving boss may not have much time for sleep After almost two decades at Google, the incoming director general is taking on British media’s most powerful and treacherous job
Warner Bros CEO David Zaslav in line for $700m payout from Paramount deal One of the best-paid executives in Hollywood has already made $113m after selling shares in WBD this month
Paramount Skydance wins Warner Bros Discovery bid after Netflix walks away from deal Streamer said ‘deal no longer financially attractive’ at price required to match offer by David Ellison’s firm