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Telecoms firms investigated for failing to warn UK customers of price rises

Ofcom inquiry follows complaints over lack of information on annual mid-contract price rises

Bob Iger: Disney’s Mr Fixit returns as it faces big challenges

Chief executive brought in Marvel, Star Wars and Fox – but he may now face job losses and cost cuts

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger reappointed to role in surprise decision

Move described as ‘probably the most significant piece of corporate upheaval since Steve Jobs went back to Apple’

Two-thirds of UK’s biggest advertisers to cut television spend

Traditional TV shunned in favour of digital media and last-minute promotional campaigns

‘It’s not moral panic, it’s reality’: Todd Sampson documentary interrogates internet’s toxic influence

In Mirror Mirror, the former advertising executive argues technology is an unregulated psychological experiment that is changing our brains

James Dyson sues Channel 4 for libel over news report

Report suggested Dyson was complicit in abuse and exploitation at Malaysia factory, claim inventor’s lawyers

Film about Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial to be rush-released

Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial will be released on 30 September on the Tubi streaming service

‘Nepo baby’ fall preview: new films and TV from children of famous parents

The offspring of Denzel, Uma, Phoebe, Andie and Judd – and a Gainsbourg for good measure – follow in their parents’ celebrated paths

Media firms introduce advertising blackouts to respect late Queen

Television, newspaper, social media and advert-placement companies limit ads for varying periods

Netflix and Amazon cut spend on UK shows as British broadcasters fight back

BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 spent record £1.45bn last year on shows from UK production companies

Keeping it reel: are old films ever safe in the age of digital?

With streamers taking down beloved titles and digital purchases at the mercy of rights agreements, how do we hold on to old movies?

Logan Roy would hate me, says Succession star Brian Cox

Actor tells Edinburgh TV festival audience that media mogul would find him ‘tiresome and boring’

Idris Elba: ‘You need a good coat if you’re going to be a detective’

The actor and musician answers your questions on how to stare down a lion, what Luther would say to Stringer Bell, and whether he was named after the dragon from Ivor the Engine

Channel 4 to mark 40th birthday with Prince Andrew musical

Programme celebrating broadcaster’s ‘irreverent roots’ will also include documentary on extra-large penises

‘We’ll still be watching in 50 years’: how Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman changed Christmas

When the film version of Briggs’s melancholy masterpiece was first screened in 1982, Britons clutched it to their hearts – where it has stayed ever since

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  • 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
  • ‘Loneliness influencers’ are racking up views. After a breakup, I see the appeal
  • ‘Why would you put a toxic product into the hands of a young child?’: director turned activist Beeban Kidron on why big tech needs its ‘tobacco moment’
  • ‘A movie for everyone, not just Drag Race fans’: stars of drag comedy Stop! That! Train! on making the summer’s funniest film
  • The Guide #246: Does World Cup fever leave you in a cold sweat? Here’s how to escape the footie
  • UK parents support an under-16 social media ban – but what do their children think?
  • From Olivia Rodrigo to The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
  • ‘Have you ever been around someone you just know is evil?’ Melinda French Gates on meeting Jeffrey Epstein, giving away billions, and her post-divorce peace
  • The right has created a false reality – fuelled by toxic images delivered straight to your phone
  • Palantir loses legal challenge to force Swiss magazine to publish responses
  • How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?
  • Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened
  • SpaceX makes largest ever stock market debut, making Elon Musk world’s first trillionaire
  • Derbyshire police officer investigated over AI-generated ‘evidential material’
  • The SpaceX IPO made Musk a trillionaire. The old rules of capitalism no longer apply
  • UK to ban under-16s from ‘high risk’ social media apps
  • David Hockney, pioneering British artist famed for his pools and portraits, dies aged 88
  • What World Cup? US celebrities get their fashion kicks from the Knicks
  • More of the Christchurch shooter’s online comments have been uncovered, New Zealand researchers say. Does it change the picture?
  • Online racism is significantly affecting mental health, First Nations people say: ‘It’s like carrying a bully in your pocket’
  • ‘I only had this father, and he’s gone’: Wafa Mustafa’s fight for truth and justice for Syria’s missing
  • Obsessed with Obsession: how a low-budget horror changed the game in Hollywood
  • France accuses Israeli firm of interfering in Scottish elections and targeting SNP
  • Brad Pitt in the frame as older men embrace ‘hot professor’ glasses
  • Masters of the Universe is a box office flop. Can they really be serious about a sequel?

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