Leah Montebello Reporter
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  • City A.M.

Leah is City A.M.'s London-based telecoms, media and entertainment reporter.

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  • Telecoms

1048 Articles
almost 2 years ago
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Twitter shares climb as investors back Elon Musk lawsuit over $44bn takeover

Twitter's shares climb over five per cent in early morning trading after news broke that the social media titan had o...

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almost 2 years ago
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Watchdog investigates ITV for supposed antitrust breaches in sports broadcasting

The UK watchdog has opened an investigation into ITV's purchase of freelance services, which support the production a...

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almost 2 years ago
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PageGroup posts record June as firm benefits from wage inflation and short supply of candidates

Recruitment firm PageGroup posted a record performance for June, marking the second month where gross profit exceeded...

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almost 2 years ago
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BT set to nearly double in-house digital talent in the UK and India

BT announced plans to nearly double its in-house digital talent across the UK and India this morning, growing to 6,30...

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almost 2 years ago
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The Evening Standard says commuters coming back despite losses deepening

The Evening Standard reported a loss of £14m for the last year as the commuter paper battled to draw office workers b...

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almost 2 years ago
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Spotify snaps up Wordle spin-off Heardle in interactive push

Streaming giant Spotify has snapped up daily music game Heardle as the firm builds out its interactive offerings to k...

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almost 2 years ago
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David And Goliath: UK's ShortsTV files lawsuit against Google's YouTube Shorts over trademark

UK based ShortsTV has filed a lawsuit against Google for its TikTok-style YouTube Shorts business over a trademark row.

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almost 2 years ago
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Channel 4 chief suggests government pushed privatisation agenda on its delayed annual report

Channel 4 have said the government tried to tamper with the broadcaster’s annual report to ensure it aligned with its...

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almost 2 years ago
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BBC's frozen licence fee pushes annual savings of £285m as broadcaster fights vicious talent wars

(Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images) The BBC have aired concerns that the current funding settlement, where the lice...

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almost 2 years ago
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'You can only block it out for so long': Sir Mo Farah says he was trafficked to the UK as a child

(Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah has revealed he was brought to the UK illegally a...

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almost 2 years ago
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June bookings for Hostelworld climb to pre-pandemic levels as pent-up demand for travel surges

(Photo by Kai Schwoerer/Getty Images) June bookings for Hostelworld sites hit 80 per cent of June 2019 levels as back...

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almost 2 years ago
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BBC investigation finds SAS killed Afghan detainees and unarmed men in suspicious circumstances

(Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) A BBC Panorama investigation has uncovered evidence that the British SAS executed ...

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