Are the Murdochs at war over the future of their media empire?

Rupert Murdoch’s relationship with younger son James questioned after news that 21st Century Fox considers selling film studio and stake in Sky to Disney

21st Century Fox held talks with Disney over possible sale, reports say

Deal to sell most of Rupert Murdoch-controlled company would establish new Hollywood powerhouse but would not include Fox News, CNBC report says

The Royal Court’s Vicky Featherstone: ‘We all knew about sexual harassment. We. All. Knew’

The theatre director’s immediate and fierce response to the revelations about Harvey Weinstein was to hold an event in which 150 testimonies of sexual abuse of power were read out over five hours. She’s now published a code of behaviour to combat it happening in the industry again

Harvey Weinstein: police say Paz de la Huerta’s rape claim is ‘credible’

New York police department confirms it is investigating allegation by actor, who says Weinstein raped her twice, and is gathering evidence to seek arrest warrant

Battles over music and sports streaming dominate high court

Nearly 300 cases were brought by the Football Association and performance rights bodies in year to March, study shows

Apple has Netflix and Amazon in sights as it hires British TV executive

Channel 4’s Jay Hunt who poached Bake Off from BBC and commissioned hit shows like Sherlock appointed creative chief of European video operations

Take it from me – British TV and film are rife with sexual bullying

We need more powerful females in our industry, and a new willingness from women everywhere to challenge sexist attitudes, says comedy writer/performer Arabella Weir

The Weinstein Company in talks on possible sale

Film studio to take ‘capital infusion’ and discuss potential sell-off in wake of allegations against Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein to take ‘leave of absence’ as sexual harassment allegations surface

The acclaimed film producer has issued an apology after the New York Times broke news of allegations of decades of inappropriate sexual advances

Oscar Pistorius’s family to sue makers of ‘grossly misrepresentative’ film

Relatives of Paralympian threaten to take legal action over US drama Blade Runner Killer, scheduled for release next month

Secrets of the TV writers’ room: inside Narcos, Transparent and Silicon Valley

The demands of binge-watching have changed the way scripts are created, bringing larger teams together in one intense space. Showrunners Eric Newman, Jill Soloway and Alec Berg on how their hit shows are written

Can Benedict Cumberbatch make Ian McEwan work on TV?

The Child in Time, starring Cumberbatch, kicks off a trio of adaptations that may make the author the most screen-friendly novelist of his generation

Harry Dean Stanton, cult American actor, dies aged 91

Prolific character actor, who appeared in scores of films including Paris, Texas, Alien, Repo Man and The Straight Story, died in an LA hospital on Friday

UK’s £1bn TV and film sales industry under threat from new regulations

European commission working on allowing broadcasters to make online service available across Europe, which ‘threatens’ future content

Amazon and Apple join race for James Bond distribution rights

Rights valued at up to $5bn are considered to be underexploited and deal with either could also involve global TV broadcasting