Bonhill publications acquired by Mark Allen Group. Picture: Mark Allen Group B2B publisher Mark Allen Group has set a target of reaching revenue of £100m by 2029, despite posting a loss for last …
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Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner. Picture: Robert Downs/INMA Axel Springer’s planned £575m takeover of Telegraph Media Group has been approved by the UK Government. It is still awaiting regulatory …
Donald Trump’s alleged birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein The Wall Street Journal’s legal victory over President Trump upholds the long-standing principle that US defamation claimants must prove actual …
Tollbit co-founders Olivia Joslin and Toshit Panigrahi. Picture: Tollbit AI agents and bots will become the “primary” revenue source for the publisher websites they visit, the co-founders of AI …
Ben Webster’s crowdfunding campaign page on 13 April 2026. A former environment editor of The Times has launched a legal claim against the Government for withholding documents that he claims should …
Politico deputy editor-in-chief Joe Schatz interviews American Petroleum Institute president Mike Sommers at the Politico Pub in CeraWeek in March 2026. Picture: CatchLight Group for Politico The …
Peter Saunders. Picture: Fred Bromwich Peter Saunders, the editor of the daily Birmingham Post between 1984 and 1989, has died from cancer aged 85. Saunders was born in Newport, South Wales, and went …
What is the Cancer Calculus investigation? The Cancer Calculus is a yearlong investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that reveals how Merck & Co. keeps the price …
Crispin Odey in February 2023. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Media Former City banker Crispin Odey has dropped his £79m libel case against the Financial Times . The move comes almost two years after he …
A yearlong investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has uncovered how Merck & Co. has kept the price of its blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda extraordinarily high …
VIDEO WATCH: How Merck keeps Keytruda prices sky-high Bringing together journalists from around the world, Cancer Calculus exposes how families are struggling to access Merck’s groundbreaking cancer …
ICIJ’s Cancer Calculus investigation of Merck & Co.’s blockbuster drug Keytruda exposed the intricate web of patents that Merck and other pharmaceutical companies build to protect their profit …
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‘They deny the medication that is keeping you alive’: Patients wage grueling legal battles for lifesaving cancer drug
I n the mountain town of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, on the second floor of Ada Violeta Chuc’s home, a room with faded cream-colored walls holds an altar to honor her family’s ancestors. A wooden cross …
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How Merck turned its wonder drug into a blockbuster — and priced out cancer patients worldwide
J ust days before Christmas 2025, leaders of nine pharmaceutical companies clustered in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, where Teddy Roosevelt’s 1906 Nobel Peace Prize once hung. Photographers …
A fter Bhinnata Piya’s mother was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2020, Piya was determined to be a supportive caregiver. Her father had died of the same type of cancer only three years earlier, …
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News diary 13-19 April: Southport Inquiry findings, European football fixtures and UK housing protest
Basel, Switzerland – July 27th, 2025: Chloe Kelly (18 England Womens National Team) attacking during the UEFA Womens Euro match of Spain vs England at St. Jakob-Park. Picture: Dantey …
Google search results for ‘Strait of Hormuz’ search including The Guardian, The Independent and ITV News on 10 April 2026 The Guardian, Money Saving Expert, Substack and The New York Times appear to …
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‘Snoopy’, ‘Adolf’ and ‘Password’: The Hungarian Government Passwords Exposed Online
Almost 800 Hungarian government email addresses and associated passwords are circulating online, revealing basic vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in classified and …
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Daily newsletter is Telegraph’s ‘biggest source of subscribers’ one year after launch
Picture: The Telegraph Flagship Telegraph newsletter From the Editor has become its “biggest source” of new paying subscribers one year after launch. From the Editor promises news, comment, analysis …
Daily Beast subscription sign-up page The Daily Beast saw double-digit percentage growth in subscribers in 2025 after starting to treat subscriptions as a “core growth engine”. Paying subscribers to …
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Wall Street Journal video team recentres around ‘journalism that’s worth paying for’
Maral Usefi, Wall Street Journal head of video. Picture: News Corp The Wall Street Journal has revamped its video strategy around the central aim of making “ video journalism that’s worth paying …
Times deputy head of digital Anna Sbuttoni, Times homepage on 7 April 2026, and Times story ‘The day coal died’ The Times says a strategy of publishing “fewer, better stories” has led to three …
Louis Dreyfus, CEO of Le Monde. Picture: Delporte Publishers should be signing AI licensing deals to ensure “strong competition” in journalism, according to Le Monde chief executive Louis Dreyfus. …
Specialist journalists and publications are most likely to be cited in AI answers Specialist journalists and publications appear to be among those most likely to be cited in AI answers . PR database …
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Cafeyn finalises Readly merger to become ‘largest buyer of publishing content in Europe’
The Readly app displayed on a tablet. Picture: Readly French all-you-can-read platform Cafeyn has finalised its acquisition of Readly’s non-Nordic businesses, meaning it is now running the platform …