Media
Revenues up at Virgin Media even as customer numbers fall
First quarter revenues hit €113.9 million as company’s services available to 956,300 homes across Ireland
Recent deals indicate esports coming of age in Ireland
Munster Rugby has partnered with real-world F1 competitor Williams Racing and Currys, while Dublin-based Wylde has found a co-owner and ambassador in sprinting legend Usain Bolt
Willie O’Reilly: Anne Robinson, television’s ‘Queen of Mean’, bows out after a formidable reign
The former Weakest Link presenter is quitting television after a singular career in which she did whatever she pleased – and the public couldn’t get enough of her
Ed Guiney: Levy on streaming giants could be a colossal break for Irish screen industry
The government must urgently implement an EU levy on the revenues of streamers like Netflix and AppleTV, according to the Oscar-nominated film producer
Willie O’Reilly: Billionaire barons abound in the media game
As Elon Musk is poised to buy Twitter for $44 billion, we should be more aware than ever of the power that the global elites have to control the mainstream media
The Profile: Can Piers Morgan become the Talk of the town once again?
The tabloid veteran and television presenter is back in favour with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, who has just hired him to front the new British channel TalkTV
Willie O’Reilly: A Musk-owned Twitter must protect more than ‘free speech’
It remains to be seen how the world’s wealthiest man will change the world’s most powerful social media platform, which he is set to buy for $44 billion
Lucinda Creighton: Having spent 12 years in politics, I have no doubt that women face different and often greater obstacles than their male counterparts
The accusation that Angela Rayner, the deputy leader of the British Labour Party, was ‘goading’ Boris Johnson by crossing and uncrossing her legs is an extreme example of the way women in politics are held to different standards than men
Willie O’Reilly: The voices you can trust in the fog of war
Amid all the noise and ill-informed conjecture, a handful of social media commentators stand out for their clear-eyed analysis of the war in Ukraine
Accumulated profits at Pat Kenny’s media firm top €2m for first time
Veteran broadcaster’s company made €249,000 in profit last year
Ireland’s best young creatives work against the clock for very good cause
More than 100 teams of young professionals took just 48 hours to produce a campaign for three charities as part of the Cannes Young Lions competition
Willie O’Reilly: Tory plan to flog off Channel 4 is indeed cultural vandalism
For decades a jewel in the firmament of British television, Channel 4 is now to be auctioned off to the highest bidder – and a dumbing-down of its programming surely awaits
Comit makes a big commitment to staff wellbeing with four-day week
The Irish tech marketing and PR agency is bringing in a shorter work week as of May 1, because ‘happier staff are more productive’ says founder Allan Chapman
We’re hiring: The Business Post is seeking a full-time sub-editor
Reporting to the editor, the successful candidate will work across a range of titles published by the Business Post Media Group
Still scoring after 30 years: Why Allianz’s GAA deal continues to endure
The insurance provider is celebrating three decades of sponsorship of the National Football and Hurling Leagues, and its head of marketing Mark Brennan says the two competitions are now unrecognisable from what they were in the past
Willie O’Reilly: The only way is up for the price of streamed entertainment
It’s the golden age of online TV and film content, but networks like Netflix and Apple TV will soon be looking for a better return on their investment
Neil Brady: Online harm controls must be baked-in as technology advances
Ireland’s responsibility as the EU lead on countering online harm and defamation will be to implement solutions at scale, and the only way to do this is by taking a structural approach
Media: Why one creative agency says no to working with for-profit businesses
Niall Cowley’s agency We The People works only with non-profit and public sector organisations devoted to social and environmental good, and its turnover has grown eightfold in the past two years
Willie O’Reilly: War is wearying, even for those on the sidelines
The war in Ukraine, with its harrowing human cost, rightly dominates the news but a balance needs to be struck between documenting the conflict and people’s ability to absorb it
Media Matters: Will a new safety-first approach make life easier for Twitter’s users?
Ronan Costello, whose job is to represent Twitter to governments and the wider public sphere, says the company has been on a safety drive of late