Dan Thomas
@danielthomasldn.bsky.social
Global media editor at the Financial Times; former chief UK business, telcos, property etc.
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Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
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November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
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
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Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
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November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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
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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.
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BBC board member resigns
Shumeet Banerji’s departure is latest blow to the corporation
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November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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.
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Scoop: Paramount is 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 US and blow to incumbent broadcasters. Story coming soon on FT.com
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November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Scoop: Paramount is 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 US and blow to incumbent broadcasters. Story coming soon on FT.com
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Samuel Agini + @danielthomasldn.bsky.social: Wimbledon Debenture #Tickets Set To Secure Exemption From UK Resale Crackdown | @financialtimes.com
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Wimbledon debenture tickets set to secure exemption from UK resale crackdown
Organisers of the tennis tournament warned that a price cap would damage its funding model
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November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Samuel Agini + @danielthomasldn.bsky.social: Wimbledon Debenture #Tickets Set To Secure Exemption From UK Resale Crackdown | @financialtimes.com
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Rare chance to get Mogwai on the front page of the FT this morning in this scoop with @pickardje.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rare chance to get Mogwai on the front page of the FT this morning in this scoop with @pickardje.bsky.social
Scoop with @PickardJE: the UK will outlaw rip off ticket touts by fixing prices at face value ..
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UK to ban resale of tickets above face value for live events
Aggressive crackdown on touts comes after backlash over cost of watching live music and sport
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November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Scoop with @PickardJE: the UK will outlaw rip off ticket touts by fixing prices at face value ..
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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.
Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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.
Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
RedBird has confirmed to the FT that it will "withdraw its bid", saying: "We remain fully confident that the Telegraph and its world-class team have a bright future ahead of them".
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
RedBird has confirmed to the FT that it will "withdraw its bid", saying: "We remain fully confident that the Telegraph and its world-class team have a bright future ahead of them".
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
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The telegraph has been for sale for three years on.ft.com/4oGV6Hu
Telegraph sale to RedBird collapses
[FREE TO READ] US private equity group walked away due to regulatory uncertainty and negative commentary from newspaper
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November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The telegraph has been for sale for three years on.ft.com/4oGV6Hu
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
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for at least $1bn over the edit of a speech at the heart of a crisis at the broadcaster, acc to a letter from his lawyers seen by the FT
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Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over January 6 speech edit
Broadcaster’s chair admits ‘error of judgement’ over clip but hits out at memo that prompted bosses’ resignations
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November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for at least $1bn over the edit of a speech at the heart of a crisis at the broadcaster, acc to a letter from his lawyers seen by the FT
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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.bsky.social
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Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media.
With @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone to step down from media and telecoms empire
[FREE TO READ] Tycoon is relinquishing board roles at Liberty Media and Liberty Global after buccaneering 50-year career
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October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media.
With @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
Traffic to the largest UK site dropped 77% after the Online Safety Act was enforced this summer
The owner of adult websites such as Pornhub told the Financial Times that traffic to the site dropped by more than three-quarters after tougher checks were put in place on.ft.com/3WSAoIa
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Traffic to the largest UK site dropped 77% after the Online Safety Act was enforced this summer
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Are weight loss drugs killing off the business lunch? @danielthomasldn.bsky.social and @emmavj.bsky.social rpt. www.ft.com/content/d1c5...
Are weight loss drugs killing off the business lunch?
Appetite suppressing medicines may be an unsavoury problem for restaurateurs as well as diners
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October 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Are weight loss drugs killing off the business lunch? @danielthomasldn.bsky.social and @emmavj.bsky.social rpt. www.ft.com/content/d1c5...
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The boss of one of Britain’s biggest tech start-ups on the ethics of porn, the future of the content creator economy — and why the platform banned Bonnie Blue on.ft.com/4nzC8SB
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The boss of one of Britain’s biggest tech start-ups on the ethics of porn, the future of the content creator economy — and why the platform banned Bonnie Blue on.ft.com/4nzC8SB
Geoff Cooper, chair of electrical goods retailer AO, is being lined up as the new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Full story on ft.com with @ashleyarmstrong.bsky.social
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Geoff Cooper in line to be new chair of Channel 4
Current chair of retailer AO would take helm of public service broadcaster at time of intense upheaval
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September 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Geoff Cooper, chair of electrical goods retailer AO, is being lined up as the new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Full story on ft.com with @ashleyarmstrong.bsky.social
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Geoff Cooper, chair of electrical goods retailer AO, is being lined up as the new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4. Cooper could be announced as early as Wednesday.
September 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Geoff Cooper, chair of electrical goods retailer AO, is being lined up as the new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4. Cooper could be announced as early as Wednesday.
Newspaper group Reach has warned staff of further job losses after unveiling a "live news network" - seemingly a single breaking news team across all its titles, from the MEN to the Mirror. An internal note describes it as "radically reorganising [the] editorial structure".
August 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Newspaper group Reach has warned staff of further job losses after unveiling a "live news network" - seemingly a single breaking news team across all its titles, from the MEN to the Mirror. An internal note describes it as "radically reorganising [the] editorial structure".
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Trump’s suit against Murdoch ruptures bond that shaped the US right https://on.ft.com/4lC9H5p
Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch ruptures bond that has shaped the US right
The alliance has been beneficial to both men but has often been fractious
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July 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Trump’s suit against Murdoch ruptures bond that shaped the US right https://on.ft.com/4lC9H5p
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Advertisers flock to Fox seeking an 'audience of one’ — Donald Trump https://on.ft.com/3U9MaMY
Advertisers flock to Fox seeking an 'audience of one’ — Donald Trump
Political ads drive booming sales revenues at network on back of record audience numbers
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July 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Advertisers flock to Fox seeking an 'audience of one’ — Donald Trump https://on.ft.com/3U9MaMY
This Disney ITV partnership is basically a demographic play... Disney exec tells the FT that he reckons more that 40% on ITVX are over 55 yrs old. Not ideal for ITV's future unless they can use these sorts of deals to bring in younger viewers
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ITV and Disney strike deal to stream hit shows on each other’s platforms
Companies hope content-sharing agreement will help them attract new subscribers in fiercely competitive market
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July 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This Disney ITV partnership is basically a demographic play... Disney exec tells the FT that he reckons more that 40% on ITVX are over 55 yrs old. Not ideal for ITV's future unless they can use these sorts of deals to bring in younger viewers
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Apple races to box office glory with Brad Pitt’s F1 blockbuster https://on.ft.com/44CCQWZ
Apple races to box office glory with Brad Pitt’s F1 blockbuster
Takings at global box office top $200mn after Apple followed a more commercial approach for movie release
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July 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Apple races to box office glory with Brad Pitt’s F1 blockbuster https://on.ft.com/44CCQWZ
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Wise words from Mark Damazer about the importance of the BBC to the UK on.ft.com/3Tlb0cx The BBC’s constant cornucopia of trouble
The BBC’s constant cornucopia of trouble
Almost everyone is almost always cross with the UK’s public service broadcaster
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July 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Wise words from Mark Damazer about the importance of the BBC to the UK on.ft.com/3Tlb0cx The BBC’s constant cornucopia of trouble
BBC threatens legal action against AI start-up Perplexity over content scraping as the UK national broadcaster takes its first steps to defending its IP against US big tech www.ft.com/content/b743...
scoop w/ @criddle.bsky.social
scoop w/ @criddle.bsky.social
BBC threatens legal action against AI start-up Perplexity over content scraping
British broadcaster makes first move to clamp down on alleged infringement of copyright by tech groups
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June 20, 2025 at 5:59 AM
BBC threatens legal action against AI start-up Perplexity over content scraping as the UK national broadcaster takes its first steps to defending its IP against US big tech www.ft.com/content/b743...
scoop w/ @criddle.bsky.social
scoop w/ @criddle.bsky.social