Spotted: Rob Lowe, star of West Wing and acknowledged as one of the shrewdest and most knowledgeable figures in the global entertainment industry, with Tom Barrack, the charismatic chairman and CEO of Colony Capital... more
Pinewood Shepperton chairman Michael Grade clashes with dissident investor Richard Bernstein, who demands he resign in a face-to-face showdown during film studios' AGM... more
Sign of the times. As other firms in prestigious City buildings have shrunk their floorspace amid redundancy programmes, recruitment firm Kennedy Pearce is expanding... more
ITV was thrown into turmoil once again as Sir Michael Bishop became the second candidate to rule himself out as its new chairman, and chief operating officer John Cresswell said he will quit in the near future... more
Tony Ball may not be happy to see this article. The former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB is quietly campaigning to be the next boss of ITV. His fans - and there are a good number in the City - say he looks like the man to beat in the race to succeed Michael Grade... more
On the face of it a 69% fall in annual pre-tax profits or even the slightly more modest 50% drop in underlying profits by Nationwide does not immediately present itself as the strongest argument for mutuality... more
Just how brilliant is the car “scrappage” scheme in the Budget? It’s designed to stimulate the car industry but only £1000 of the £2000 paid to the owner of an old banger trading it in against a brand-new model, comes from the taxpayer; the rest is provided by the car industry... more
Broadcaster ITV has ruled out an immediate rights issue, put its digital broadcasting system up for sale and said executive chairman Michael Grade would take a back-seat role before the end of this year... more
ITV spending on prime-time dramas such as Sharpe and Wire In The Blood is to be slashed in the biggest cutbacks in the broadcaster's 54-year history... more
ITV have been inundated with complaints from angry viewers after it showed adverts at the crucial moment the only goal was scored in an FA Cup replay... more
Michael Grade has shaken up ITV, appointing the man who resigned as controller of BBC1 after the controversial clip of the Queen which appeared to show her storming out of a photo shoot... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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