The Irish Times

New York Times makes Athletic leap for subscribers

Sports site with $550m price tag should help New York Times beat its subscriber target

Sat Jan 08 2022 - 05:36

Politico seeks €1bn in potential deal with German publisher – sources

If agreed, deal would be one of the most expensive media mergers in recent memory

Wed Aug 18 2021 - 07:52

Elon Musk overtakes Jeff Bezos to claim title of world’s richest person

Tesla and SpaceX entrepreneur now has net worth of $188.5bn

Thu Jan 07 2021 - 17:52

Technology giant Google pledges $1bn to pay for news

Cash to support Google News Showcase mobile feature in firm’s change of approach

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 16:31

Jeff Bezos sells €3.2bn of Amazon shares in a week

World’s richest man previously said he needed to sell stock to fund space exploration plans

Fri Feb 07 2020 - 13:42

Google’s job search draws antitrust complaints from rivals

Letter from 23 websites to EU competition commissioner calls for Google to ‘play fair’

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 09:12

Tory drugs, Uber air taxis and fashion retail bright spots

Planet Business: Political buccaneers and a reflective billionaire take centre stage

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 05:00

European shares drop on weak Chinese data and trade fears

Iseq drops 1.5% as CRH pulls back in line with a broad sell-off by European and US peers

Wed Jun 12 2019 - 18:38

Markets calmed as Trump offers hope of a trade deal with China

Sterling slips on concerns that the next UK prime minister may push for hard Brexit

Thu May 30 2019 - 19:12

German media group Axel Springer sees earnings fall in first quarter

Online classifieds business fails to offset weakness of news media division

Tue May 07 2019 - 08:42

INM, too long a plaything for media-shy tycoons, is primed for takeover

Group may be natural candidate for media company that is further down digital path

Sat Apr 06 2019 - 06:00

INM’s shares soar as it confirms talks with potential buyer

Newspaper group’s stock closes 30.5% up at 9.5 cent, valuing it at €131.7m

Fri Apr 05 2019 - 05:35

INM chief raises prospect of sale of media group

Michael Doorly ‘not aware’ of plans of Denis O’Brien and Dermot Desmond

Thu Apr 04 2019 - 07:42

Purplebricks says it continues to grow in challenging market

British estate agent says weaknesses in traditional and online business models

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 13:49

Estate agent Purplebricks enters Canadian market with acquisition

Antrim-based company acquires Canadian online operation for €33m

Mon Jul 02 2018 - 13:33

Purplebricks drops on UK warning despite Axel Springer stake

German publisher to invest about £125m for 11.5% stake

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 13:19

European shares boosted by cautious ECB comments

Markets also supported by M&A news

Thu Mar 08 2018 - 19:03

Slovak journalist’s murder leads to outcry and €1m reward

Police believe the killings of Jan Kuciak and his partner are linked to his investigative work

Mon Feb 26 2018 - 18:21

Mobile formats push global advertising spend to half a trillion euro

Irish ad market growth outpacing the average rate in 2017, says eMarketer

Mon Oct 16 2017 - 16:01

Google co-operation with news groups ‘a very positive step’, says INM chief

‘Resilient’ publishers will survive ‘very worrying world’, Robert Pitt tells copyright event

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 17:14

Google keeps news industry hanging on with new concessions

The tech giant has found bones to throw. Could it be the start of a better relationship?

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 06:30

Digital advertising predicted to outstrip legacy media spending

This year will mark ‘major milestone’ as advertisers flock to mobile, says eMarketer

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 06:00

Does ‘robo-journalism’ pose a threat to reporters?

Intuitive content-generating software won’t be transforming newsrooms any time soon

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 04:45

A guide to low-cost banking options for savvy Irish consumers

German and Dutch mobile bank operators among those bringing services to Ireland

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 06:09

Oil price surge prompts optimism for energy companies, pushing markets ahead

Iseq rises as stocks on Wall Street and in Europe lifted by energy companies

Fri Apr 08 2016 - 21:06

‘Spotify of journalism’ Blendle makes leap to US

The Dutch micropayments app has expanded to the world’s largest media market

Fri Apr 01 2016 - 09:00

Axel Springer reboots for digital age

German media giant’s cultural shift sets if firmly on digital-first path

Mon Jan 04 2016 - 09:30

Dutch start-up aims to make journalism pay

Blendle’s model of micropayments for articles makes it “iTunes for the press”

Mon Nov 09 2015 - 07:33

Online advertising a product serving no one

It’s all bad – advertisers get duped, publishers get their websites polluted and readers endure privacy-trammelling trackers

Mon Oct 05 2015 - 07:00

Publisher Axel Springer buys up Business Insider

Springer, which already owns 9% of news site to pay $343m for further 88% stake

Tue Sept 29 2015 - 13:43

FT’s new owner has reputation for soft pedalling on tough stories

Japan’s Nikkei Group is buying FT from publisher Pearson

Fri Jul 24 2015 - 14:54

Pearson confirms sale of FT Group to Nikkei for £844m

FT had earlier reported that Alex Springer was in talks to buy group

Thu Jul 23 2015 - 15:49

Axel Springer says majority owner to keep control if talks succeed

News publisher says it is pressing ahead with plans to change its legal form into a KGaA

Wed Jul 08 2015 - 01:00

EU charges Google over shopping searches, to probe Android

European Union accuses company of cheating competitors

Wed Apr 15 2015 - 11:36