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Ex-Asda boss faces daunting trial in ITV jungle

18.11.09
So Archie Norman is going to sumbit himself to the Bushtucker Trial that is chairing ITV. Formerly an MP, Tory chief executive and Asda chairman, he says the challenge of overseeing the I’m A Celebrity and X-Factor broadcaster is “irresistible” ... more

Can the viewers win the battle for the Ashes?

13.11.09
Today David Davies, one-time BBC presenter and former Football Association executive director, presents his proposals to ensure that much-loved events in the British sporting calendar should be on free-to-air TV... more

The 20 people who keep London leading the world

10.11.09
Simon Cowell, Stella McCartney and Dizzee Rascal were named among the 20 most influential people in London... more

How the BBC survives

13.10.09
Despite attacks from media rivals and politicians of both parties, Lord Reith's ever-burgeoning institution seems to survive - and even strengthen... more

Lib-Dem mansion tax is such a mess

24.09.09
Have the Lib Dems thought through their plan to tax houses over £1 million? They “might find the definition of a house less than clear-cut”... ... more

Beautiful building syndrome

23.09.09
After 20 years with her late husband Jan Kaplicky’s Future Systems, Amanda Levete has unveiled her first big solo project just off Oxford Street — and it has all of her old partnership’s vision and elegance... more

Pity Britain's TV bosses: friends in desperate need

18.09.09
The crisis facing UK broadcasting is like a long-running soap series — except that it cannot be allowed go on... more

My wife works, has three children and a political husband. She has no time to Twitter

16.09.09
Interview: From his ‘suburban heaven’, Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg talks about marriage, bank bonuses and coalitions... more

BBC plan to sell off part of £1bn-a-year Worldwide arm

14.09.09
BBC considering selling a portion of its lucrative commercial division as part of a review into the corporation’s activities... more

Why Murdochs are wrong to blame BBC for media’s woes

02.09.09
The final sentence of James Murdoch’s speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival was hugely significant: “The only reliable, durable and perpetual guarantor of independence is profit" ... more

Beware smart men and the pinkish dawn

01.09.09
Why was nothing was learned from the Enron morality tale?... more

From editor to CEO, it's Rebekah Wade wot won it

24.06.09
Rebekah Wade loves newspapers. So at a time when they face unprecedented economic problems, her promotion has not gone down badly at News International... more

Sky is not the limit for ITV's man in waiting

03.06.09
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

The schools for scandal that should be brought to book

11.05.09
In December 1983, Philip Geddes was killed in the IRA bomb attack on Harrods. I was at school with Philip — he was in the year ahead of me. I still have some books bearing his signature that he handed on to me when he left ... more

News Corp crisis as 'next in line' to Murdoch resigns

24.02.09
Media: Rupert Murdoch's vast News Corp media empire was thrown into turmoil as the man seen as his immediate next in line quit, leaving a massive question mark over the 77-year-old mogul's succession plans... more

Tory infighting over airport expansion plans

05.12.08
A Tory lobby group has been set up called Conservatives for International Travel, or C-FIT to campaign for airport expansion... more

Tory infighting over airport expansion plans

05.12.08
A Tory lobby group has been set up called Conservatives for International Travel, or C-FIT to campaign for airport expansion... more

Post-Olympic push is set to be a private affair

21.11.08
Property: It is important to decide just what to do with the Olympic Games site post-2012... more

New Media

08.10.08
London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside California's Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

Environment

08.10.08
Once an area ignored by politicians, it is now a key issue with battles such as airport expansion taking centre stage ... more

Sums can be right for a good deal on Olympics

12.09.08
Building the 2012 Olympics is going to cost £4.3billion, according to a National Audit Office report in June. Surely not?... more

Why is Foxtons zeroing in on Primrose Hill?

28.08.08
Estate agent Foxtons has not been enjoying much success since founder Jon Hunt sold out at the top of the market a year ago, so is this a cunning tactic or a sign of desperation?... more

Lehman, Credit Suisse and the rumour mill

22.08.08
One rule for banks — another for everybody else. In the US, the Federal Reserve phoned Credit Suisse to see if it had pulled a line of credit from Lehman Brothers... more

Cost of ITV 'blocking stake' blows a hole in BSkyB profits

31.07.08
Satellite company loses £616 million after attempting to block Virgin Media's merger with ITV... more

Miliband lines up Purnell as Gordon grins and bears it

22.07.08
Tonight the PM will host a summer party at No 10 before he leaves for his holidays when he will have plenty of time to reflect on his increasingly troubled leadership... more

Virgin and Sky square up to Hutton as great fight for ITV goes to appeal

27.02.08
The decision by Virgin Media to appeal against the Competition Commission's ruling that BSkyB must reduce its ITV shareholding, by arguing that it should have been forced to dispense with the entire stake, took everyone by surprise... more

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