The making of a media mogul
For centuries, the news industry has been shaped by wealthy, powerful men. Have they also helped to destroy it?
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Will the Daily Telegraph’s new buyer threaten its independence?
Dovid Efune has entered into exclusive talks to buy the title. Plus: the shrinking Standard and Badenoch woos the Sun.
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Has social media pushed fandom to a point of no return?
It used to be people would respect your personal space – now, it’s all a bit sinister.
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Google’s days of monopolising the web may be numbered
Also this week: Michael Gove’s delight at Spectator editorship, and the BBC’s Strictly bullying claims.
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A Very Royal Scandal is the latest surreal instalment in the Prince Andrew multiverse
In Scoop vs Scandal, this is the clear winner. But is that the sound of TV eating itself?
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Why the far right has turned on the press
Recent unrest in England has revealed that intimidation, assault and abuse of journalists is on the rise.
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The Washington Post drama reveals the myth of Americanisation
Britain’s distinct journalistic style is proof of its cultural independence.
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Jonathan Dimbleby Q&A: “I’d run my estate as Tolstoy ran Yasnaya Polyana”
The broadcaster and author on running a 19th-century household, Mikhail Gorbachev, and identity politics.
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This England: Prize barrow
This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The pain of writing a very personal memoir
Also this week: All change at the Evening Standard, and Rishi Sunak’s karaoke song.
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Fleet Street is colonising the American newsroom
As US newspapers haemorrhage cash, a British sensibility is their last hope.
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Bodkin is a very 21st-century media satire
The journalism jokes are the highlight of this comedy thriller, which pokes fun at the clichés of true crime podcasting.
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Joe Lycett’s self-serving fake news stunt
The comedian’s shallow, faux-educational prank merely bolsters his own brand.
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Subscriber of the week: Peter Gorty
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Why the Home Office manipulated the news
No wonder the ministerial department sneaked out its immigration reports. They are damning.
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Subscriber of the week: Alastair Beattie
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This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…
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The journalist vs the trolls
In Marianna Spring’s series Why Do You Hate Me?, the BBC social media correspondent finds fellowship and reconciliation amid the…
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