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Sky is falling, but no need to be alarmed – News will not be silenced

Sky News Australia is counting down to its momentous change of name to News24. Plus: why Craig Foster missed out on the SBS World Cup squad

Amanda Meade24 Jul

Trump’s DoJ drops effort to subpoena New York Times over Qatari jet story

Journalists had reported on security concerns about US president flying on $400m Air Force One plane from Qatar

Victoria Bekiempis in New York23 Jul

Paramount’s £80bn takeover of Warner Brothers a step closer after EU approval

European Commission says Paramount Skydance’s decision to end Universal venture addresses merger concerns

Hayden Vernon22 Jul

Paul Gerhardt obituary

Other lives: Specialist in television educational initiatives who went on to work for the British Film Institute

Laurence Gerhardt21 Jul

Delaware judge dismisses UnitedHealth Group lawsuit against the Guardian

Healthcare conglomerate pursued a defamation lawsuit against the Guardian over 2025 investigative reporting

Anna Betts21 Jul

Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption

Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’

Amanda Meade Media correspondent21 Jul

Edward Stourton obituary

Presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whose sacking caused outrage among his loyal listeners

Stephen Bates20 Jul

BBC defeats ITV again in World Cup final viewing figures

BBC’s average audience was 9.7m, four times as much as its rival – similar to its lead four years ago

Michael Savage Media editor20 Jul

GB News will not be investigated over ‘no riot in Belfast’ claim

Media regulator will not take action despite receiving 446 complaints about comments by Bev Turner

Michael Savage Media editor20 Jul

BBC broadcaster Edward Stourton dies aged 68

Corporation pays tribute to ‘outstanding’ journalist who presented shows including Today and One O’Clock News

Kevin Rawlinson20 Jul

‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation’s 1985 licence fee plea

As with the John Cleese original, comedian is supported by famous faces from Claudia Winkleman to David Jason

Tara Conlan19 Jul

Are money and soft power draining World Cup football of its magic?

Fifa’s orchestration of incompatible or frankly absurd corporate sponsorship suggests the balance may have tipped too far

Richard Partington19 Jul

Today was not perfect when John Humphrys was presenting

Letters: Readers respond to the presenter’s assertion that the Radio 4 programme has become really annoying since he left

17 Jul

Social media for teens should be as tightly regulated as television

Letter: Stephanie Calman is mystified that the regulation of these massively profitable services is being left to the user

17 Jul

‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court

Attorneys general from 12 states are suing to block the Paramount-Warner Bros deal they say violates antitrust law

Jeremy Barr17 Jul

Pauline Hanson and Tommy Robinson meeting becomes grist for News Corp’s social media mill

Video by far-right anti-Islamic activist is republished on Sydney tabloid’s social media accounts. Plus: Qantas has a speedy retort for commentator kept waiting

Amanda Meade17 Jul

Inquest reopened into death of 14-year-old boy after mother’s TikTok ‘addiction’ concern

Landmark high court ruling calls for fresh inquiry into Jools Sweeney’s death to allow for previously omitted social media evidence

Priya Bharadia16 Jul

BBC faces ‘real jeopardy’ as licence fee payments fall faster than expected

Director general Matt Brittin says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000

Michael Savage Media editor14 Jul

US state attorneys general file lawsuit in effort to block Paramount merger

Bipartisan group argue in lawsuit that $110bn merger would hurt competition and lead to thousands of job losses

Jeremy Barr13 Jul

How ‘unbothered’ Victoria Beckham became one of the World Cup’s biggest memes

England’s quarter-final match against Norway has spawned a new hero online – and it’s not Jude Bellingham …

13 Jul

Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media?

President and allies have sued, cut access and issued subpoenas, but experts say media still producing strong work

Jeremy Barr in Washington13 Jul