4:27pm

Ebooks lift Bloomsbury’s operating profit

Publisher reports strong growth in ebooks before Christmas

11:59pm

Facebook move into search hits Yelp

Web review sites face biggest threat

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park ©AP 9:45pm

Facebook ramps up Google search fight

Zuckerberg vision based on group’s private database of social information

Inside Business from TECHNOLOGY 6:09pm

Battle lines drawn in online search war

Outcome will determine the shape of the digital future

From WORLD 4:46pm

Russia’s reputed top criminal boss killed

Aslan Usoyan shot by sniper in broad daylight

Winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. Armstrong also won the Prince of Asturias Award in Sports in 2000. Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams ©AP From WORLD Jan 15, 2013

Armstrong faces legal hurdles

Cyclist reported to have confessed to doping in Oprah Winfrey interview

From SPECIAL REPORTS Jan 15, 2013

Distilled power of start-ups challenges big incumbents

Nimble young companies are exploiting fast new data sources and techniques to beat established rivals at their own games

Simona Bitmaté and Finbar Lynch in 'The Silence of the Sea' ©Simon Kane From LIFE & ARTS Jan 15, 2013

The Silence of the Sea, Trafalgar Studio 2, London

The final instalment of the Donmar’s Trafalgar season is a sparse, skilfully acted adaptation of Vercors’ French Resistance text

Jan 15, 2013

Former Yahoo chief moves to Guggenheim

Ross Levinsohn to lead new media venture of Guggenheim Partners

The Book of Mormon ©Reuters Jan 14, 2013

South Park’s creators set up own studio

Duo forms Important Studios with boutique bank

Jan 14, 2013

News Corp raises stake in Sky Deutschland

German pay TV channel hopes to swing into profit this year

From COMMENT Jan 11, 2013

China: Speech breaks out

Responding to calls for greater freedom of speech could remove vital pillar of Communist party’s power

Jan 11, 2013

Mecom in talks to sell three divisions

Publisher looks to dispose of its Dutch, Danish and Polish units

From WORLD Jan 11, 2013

Berlusconi displays skills of a survivor

Former prime minister seen as winner in TV appearance before polls

Jan 11, 2013

Sunday People targeted by bid consortium

Group to invest up to £10m in exchange for a majority stake

Jan 10, 2013

Music labels rocked by bid for Parlophone

Independents raise concerns over Sony-BMG tie-up

Jan 10, 2013

Editors resist press regulation plan

Senior executives fear threat of state intervention

Jan 10, 2013

Hollywood stems home viewing decline

US sales of titles to download or stream up more than 35%

Jan 10, 2013

WPP arm and Channel 4 resolve dispute

Groups agree major new trading arrangement

Jan 10, 2013

Police officer convicted in hacking case

Senior Met officer phoned tabloid to ‘get some money’

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