6:27pm

Spotify closes subscriber gap with rival

Digital music company reaches 1m US subscribers

5:11pm

Maymann named Huffington Post chief

Hire comes amid broader reorganisation of parent AOL

3:21pm

Tinopolis snaps up Firecracker Films

‘Big Fat Gypsy Weddings’ producer valued at up to £30m

3:45am

Ten launches A$230m rights issue

Australian broadcaster bolsters balance sheet as advertising slumps

From WORLD 7:01pm

Fernández and media group prepare for fight

Clash between former allies raises fears for independent judiciary

From RETAIL & CONSUMER 1:46pm

Cineworld buys Picturehouse chain

Cash deal worth £47.3m

From LEX 12:22pm

Ten Network – wrong signals

Australian broadcaster asks for more cash after saying it did not need any

Brave Dec 5, 2012

Netflix targets the bigger picture

Deal with Disney raises stakes for pay-TV channels

Dec 5, 2012

Rupert Murdoch’s mother dies aged 103

Influential family figure and significant philanthropist

From WORLD Dec 5, 2012

Editors bow to Leveson pressure

Agreement to embrace key principles but without new laws

Dec 4, 2012

Netflix strikes deal for new Disney movies

Agreement replaces Starz as partner from 2016

Dec 4, 2012

ITE presses on with Indian expansion

Events company struggles in core Russian market

Dec 4, 2012

Europe’s newspaper woes spread to Germany

Dailies appear in terminal decline across the continent

From WORLD Dec 4, 2012

Cameron warns press on self-regulation

Prime minister urges editors to frame plan quickly

Dec 3, 2012

HMV sells Mama Group music arm to LDC

Group to use proceeds of the sale to pay down debt

Dec 3, 2012

Apax eyes remaining share of Trader

Buyout deal could net Guardian Media Group £500m in cash

Dec 3, 2012

Murdoch true to form in bringing change

Chairman speaks of ‘great opportunities’ amid shake-up

Dec 3, 2012

News Corp shakes up board ahead of split

News group to cease iPad-only publication The Daily

From LEX Dec 3, 2012

News Corp – out with the old

The new entity will face more investor scrutiny than the old News Corp

Dec 3, 2012

Debt-laden group is focused on digital revenue growth

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