9 d. ago Chelsea owner Todd Boehly eyes deal to buy newspaper publisher National World

It comes amid reports the US businessman is seeking to buy The Telegraph newspaper business and would merge it with National World.

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9 d. ago Chelsea owner Boehly considering deal to buy Scotsman publisher National World

It comes amid reports the US businessman is seeking to buy The Telegraph newspaper business and would merge it with National World.

Economics

1 week ago Noel Clarke ‘told producer to fuck off’ when warned about behaviour before sex scene

Actor became ‘resistant and belligerent’ when challenged over treatment of female co-star, witness tells courtNoel Clarke told a producer to “fuck off” after being warned that his behaviour with a female actor before a sex scene would “end up on the front of a national newspaper”, a witness has told the high court.The producer said he had approached the former Doctor Who star after being informed by a distressed actor, named as Maya, that Clarke had said “things like ‘we’re going to fuck later on, we’ll fuck next week’”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Noel Clarke ‘told producer to fuck off’ when warned about behaviour before sex scene, court told

Clarke was ‘resistant and belligerent’ in conversation about his treatment of female actor, witness tells courtNoel Clarke told a producer to “fuck off” after being warned that his behaviour with a female actor before a sex scene would “end up on the front of a national newspaper”, a witness has told the high court.The producer said he had approached the former Doctor Who star after being informed by a distressed actor, named as Maya, that Clarke had said “things like ‘we’re going to fuck later on, we’ll fuck next week’”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Noel Clarke told producer to ‘fuck off’ when warned about behaviour before sex scene, court hears

Producer tells court female actor said Doctor Who star Clarke had been pressuring her to be nude in sceneNoel Clarke told a producer to “fuck off” after being warned that his behaviour with a female actor before a sex scene would “end up on the front of a national newspaper”, a witness has told the high court.The producer said he had approached the former Doctor Who star after being informed by a distressed actor, named as Maya, that Clarke had said “things like ‘we’re going to fuck later on, we’ll fuck next week’”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Newspaper group National World grows profits after increasing video content

The newspaper group said growth has been achieved despite it still grappling with tougher economic conditions and print media challenges.

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2 w. ago Trump tariffs creating ‘high uncertainty’, Bank of Japan warns; Musk’s X ‘valued at $44bn again’ – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsSavings and investment firm M&G has warned this morning that it faces uncertain times.In its full year results for 2024, M&G points out that:Increased geopolitical uncertainty and market volatility continue to weigh on client sentiment and pose a significant challenge to financial institutions across the globe.The Company has traded well in the first half and delivered strong profit growth. Like other operators in the sector, we face many cost headwinds that will impact us in the second half, following the recent Budget, notably the increase in national living wage and national insurance from April. We estimate that the annualised impact of these two items is £2.6m, with the incremental costs commencing in April and impacting the final quarter of the 2025 financial year.We plan to mitigate the majority of these costs over the next 18 months through price increases and cost efficiencies. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘It’s happening fast’ – creative workers and professionals share their fears and hopes about the rise of AI

Photographers, translators, academics and GPs are among those whose jobs are either threatened or aided by the techOliver Fiegel, a 47-year-old photographer based in Munich, was reading a German national Sunday newspaper recently when he saw a front-page image that looked strangely off. The image showed a boy chasing a football on a pitch. But some of the wildflowers on the grass floated without stems. Half the goal net was missing. The boy’s hands were misshapen.In previous years, many of Fiegel’s photography clients had been newspapers and magazines. But that work has dried up recently. This image, he felt, showed one reason why: “generative illustration”, the supplied caption said. Continue reading...

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