We can treasure the BBC, but it has to make its own way in the digital world
Peter Preston
There’s fear over what new culture secretary Whittingdale might do about the licence fee, but the last thing the BBC needs is to be kept in a gilded cage
Future of advertising
Verizon and AOL deal gives us a glimpse into the future of advertising
Tom Goodwin
The $4.4bn purchase by the US telecoms giant will help overcome the ad industry’s biggest problem
AOL sold to Verizon: its journey from tech giant to penny-ante side bet
How do Huffington Post and TechCrunch fit in after Verizon's AOL takeover?
Jasper Jackson
Verizon to buy AOL in $4.4bn deal
March 2015
Facebook quiz publisher PlayBuzz raises $16m in funding
Israeli-based quiz and list publishing platform uses content from organisations including such as the Daily Telegraph and AOL
January 2015
AOL to close MyDaily and ParentDish
Besides AIM, what would telecom giant Verizon get from AOL takeover deal?
November 2014
Jess Zimmerman column
Forget Shingy. 'Digital prophets' only sell optimism to a terrified tech industry
Jess Zimmerman
Who is Shingy, AOL's digital prophet?
October 2014
Tess Daly, Richard Bacon and Rochelle Humes star in AOL’s new web series
First UK commissions by the digital media company will explore motherhood and successful 30-year-olds. By Mark Sweney
Twitter, Google, AOL and Vice pitch content in London ‘digital upfronts’
Firms mimic US TV industry with showcases aimed at advertisers in a sign of growing significance of UK’s digital media. By Mark Sweney
Media blog
If you want find out if a media company is doomed, look at its ambitions
Felix Salmon
Felix Salmon: Taking bold strategic risks and making acquisitions may indicate a management who see the writing on the wall
August 2014
Nils Pratley on finance
Why Rupert Murdoch's bid for Time Warner crumbled
Nils Pratley
Warner boss Jeff Bewkes's real curveball was to question the value of the non-voting Fox 'A' shares being offered
July 2014
Media network blog
How the local press can survive – and thrive – in a digital age
Local media outlets are ripe for reinvention and can be even more powerful in an era dominated by the web
June 2014
Cannes Lions: live from the Guardian speakers' lounge
AOL's Tim Armstrong: We expect Arianna Huffington to sign a new contract - video
Media interview
Arianna Huffington: 'I'm optimistic about the media - even newspapers'
March 2014
Microsoft launches programmatic video advertising network in the UK
US tech giants knew of NSA data collection, agency's top lawyer insists
February 2014
AOL's Tim Armstrong couldn't be more wrong about 'distressed babies'
Janet Sheaffer Pickel
Janet Sheaffer Pickel: My twins were born prematurely and cost millions to treat, but you can't put a price on human life. I'm glad I didn't work at AOL
