Daniel Thomas
@DanielThomasLDN
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Global media editor at the Financial Times; former chief UK business, telcos, property etc.
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Joined May 2011
Channel 4 confirms our scoop from last night that Sky ad boss Priya Dogra will become boss of the public service broadcaster
SCOOP w/ @AArmstrong_says: Channel 4 is set to appoint Sky advertising supremo Priya Dogra as its next chief executive. Announcement could come as early as tomorrow. https://t.co/c5j9rX7mB4
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SCOOP w/ @AArmstrong_says: Channel 4 is set to appoint Sky advertising supremo Priya Dogra as its next chief executive. Announcement could come as early as tomorrow. https://t.co/c5j9rX7mB4
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Priya Dogra will take over from Alex Mahon next year
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TICKTOCK Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros via team @ft @DanielThomasLDN @annaknicolaou @JFK_America
https://t.co/NUhJ3KdEq7
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Ellison’s approach was rebuffed over concerns about financial backing from China and Middle East sovereign funds
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Netflix boss Ted Sarandos keeps a replica of Rosebud, the childhood sled at the heart of the Warner Bros’ film Citizen Kane, hanging in his home. Now he gets to own the whole studio. How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison https://t.co/ZVcPpFHEM9 via @ft
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Old-guard Hollywood underestimated streaming pioneer that has upended the industry over two decades
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Netflix executive Emma Lloyd turned down the chance to be Channel 4 CEO, multiple sources tell me and @AArmstrong_says, with the board now looking at a shortlist of other candidates including interim boss Jonathan Allan. Shows again how tough it is to recruit top execs for PSBs
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With everything in the Budget, I almost missed this. Ministers have stepped in to approve a £750 million film studio supporting 4000 jobs, in Bedfordshire. The studio had previously been blocked by the local council. A huge win for UK growth + the creative sector!
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This deal is huge: The Rupert Murdoch-era of dominance in the still-powerful UK newspaper market is over. The Mail is buying the Telegraph. This fuses two of the most potent, professional - though toxic and angry - news empires in the world.
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Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
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New: Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500mn deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain. Via @DanielThomasLDN And @JFK_America in @FT
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Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
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Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500mn deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain, confirming our scoop last week w/ @JFK_America
https://t.co/WKYIQIeec7
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Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
Scoop: Lord Rothermere’s DMGT, the owner of the Daily Mail, has already expressed interest in buying the Telegraph (having been a minority partner). Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
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Scoop: Shumeet Banerji has resigned from the BBC board in the latest blow to the corporation since the resignation of its director-general two weeks ago. https://t.co/UiK94aEi0x
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Shumeet Banerji said to be unhappy about Tim Davie’s exit and the board’s response to corporation’s latest crisis
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Scoop: Paramount are in advanced talks to acquire Champions League TV rights in the UK and other major European markets in major bet on sports rights outside the UK and blow to incument broadcasters. Story coming soon on
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Scoop with @PickardJE: the UK will outlaw rip off ticket touts by fixing prices for gigs at face value .. https://t.co/4JaOvesV8n
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Aggressive crackdown on touts comes after backlash over cost of watching live music and sport
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The deal that never ends. RedBird walks away from the Telegraph acquisition. Now Daily Mail owner Rothermere is interested then Torygraph - @DanielThomasLDN
https://t.co/VAtcIFT8zy via @ft
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US private equity group walks away due to regulatory uncertainty and negative commentary from newspaper
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Scoop: Lord Rothermere’s DMGT, the owner of the Daily Mail, has already expressed interest in buying the Telegraph (having been a minority partner). Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
The £500mn sale of the Telegraph to US private equity firm RedBird has collapsed, throwing the future of the newspaper into question as it enters its third year without an owner
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We are hearing that the others in the consortium may seek to replace RedBird as the buyer
The £500mn sale of the Telegraph to US private equity firm RedBird has collapsed, throwing the future of the newspaper into question as it enters its third year without an owner
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The £500mn sale of the Telegraph to US private equity firm RedBird has collapsed, throwing the future of the newspaper into question as it enters its third year without an owner
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The £500mn sale of the Telegraph to US private equity firm RedBird has collapsed, throwing the future of the newspaper into question as it enters its third year without an owner
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Great scoop from @kieran_jsmith
EXC: ‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone is to step down from his media and telecoms empire today, in an era-ending step for the American pioneer. Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media. With @DanielThomasLDN. https://t.co/vqp5OcrwrY
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EXC: ‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone is to step down from his media and telecoms empire today, in an era-ending step for the American pioneer. Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media. With @DanielThomasLDN. https://t.co/vqp5OcrwrY
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