Coverage of the latest tech and media.
The UK government has lost its bid to keep a legal battle with Apple private. The UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejected the case, which was on behalf of Home Secretary Yvette Cooper. In a ruling published yesterday, the specialist court said that conducting proceedings essentially in private “would have been a truly extraordinary step to […]
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“A good day to bury bad news.” That is what British special advisor Jo Moore wrote to colleagues on September 11, 2001. The appalling phrase flagged that nobody was paying attention to anything else on such a monumental day. Trump’s tariffs are, obviously, not of the same magnitude as the world-altering events of 9/11. However,
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Tom McTague, currently political editor at Unherd, is set to take over as New Statesman editor. He replaces Jason Cowley, who led the magazine for 16 years and left at the end of 2024. The news was first broken by Politico‘s Emilio Casalicchio. There is reporting at NS sister publication Press Gazette too. 🗞️🚨 MEDIA
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The start of World Cup qualifying and a huge clash in the WSL are amongst the sporting highlights to watch this weekend.
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Channel 5 often gets lost in the debate about streaming and British public service broadcasters. I confess I don’t spend much, if any time watching it. However, recent figures show plenty of people do. There is something very interesting going on there. Over 31 million people watched a Channel 5 property last month. That is
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The latest Nike advert, entitled “So Win”, combines two of my favourite things – Led Zeppelin and women’s sport. It features a number of superstars, including Caitlin Clark and Sha’Carri Richardson. The spot seems to be appearing throughout various bits of sports programming and I’m here for it:
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At the BBC HQ up in Salford there was a wall adorned with images of such luminaires as a Rolf Harris and… Jimmy Savile. For some time these images remained in place, next to the Religion and Ethics desk. Others who featured weren’t exactly happy with the company they were keeping. Not surprising, given staff
Apple TV+ is now available Android. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg News, who is usually right about these things, initially reported the news. It was later confirmed by Apple. As he suggested, the MLS Season Pass will also become available on the rival platform to iOS. It’s fair to see this kind of move is something
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The deal that would see media start-up Tortoise buy-out The Observer has been controversial from the start. Tensions quickly escalated and staff at the newspaper went on strike. Former Guardian journalist James Ball gave a good explanation of what was going on on the podcast. You can listen to that here. Now that the deal
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As had been speculated upon, Mark Chapman, Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan will replace Gary Lineker as the presenters of Match of the Day. The trio will divide responsibilities across MOTD, MOTD 2 and MOTD Champions League. Commenting, Alex Kay-Jelski, Director of BBC Sport said: I know viewers will love these three incredible broadcasters and
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