Regulators have cast critical eyes over proposed marriages triggered by rise of Big Tech

Media firm takeover by two of the richest men in the world due to be completed in 2018

In Dublin, Smurfit Kappa continues positive trend despite posting fall in earnings

This Week: Airline’s first-half results will reflect investor jitters. Also: AIB’s egm

HBO says actor got diagnosis a day after she won 6th Emmy for her role as Meyer in ‘Veep’

Series adapted from 1985 Margaret Atwood novel wins 8 awards including best drama

Acquisitive European group could be set for latest round of US media consolidation

Apple results; Irish unemployment indicator; and UCD seminar on algorithmic consumers

Entertainment companies have much to lose when their biggest hits become too big to fail

21st Century Fox’s bid for pay-TV company is response to an even bigger rival takeover

Ireland must show overseas companies we can support the scale of investment they want to make

Facebook says it may be reaching limit on amount of ads it can place in front of users

Budgets in newspapers, radio and TV are torn up as Facebook and Google strengthen

In the fourth quarter alone, global mergers and acquisitions were worth $1.2 trillion

Superhero loses honorary role as advocate for gender equality following protests

Time Warner, John Lewis, paper receipts and Heathrow runway woe

US Senate antitrust subcommittee meet next month to discuss potential $85.4 billion deal

Good timing for Time Warner as entire legacy media world heads for ‘secular decline’

Stoxx Europe 600 Index takes five-day advance to 1.3% while Iseq falls 0.3%

Hudson Yards will see new skyscrapers and cover 28 acres of midtown Manhattan