Dan Thomas
@danielthomasldn.bsky.social
Global media editor at the Financial Times; former chief UK business, telcos, property etc.
One person close to the Will Lewis exit from the Washington Post told the FT: “Bezos lost patience after the Super Bowl thing". Lewis was spotted at a Super Bowl party on the same day as his newspaper was firing 300 staff.
February 7, 2026 at 11:43 PM
One person close to the Will Lewis exit from the Washington Post told the FT: “Bezos lost patience after the Super Bowl thing". Lewis was spotted at a Super Bowl party on the same day as his newspaper was firing 300 staff.
Story here: www.ft.com/content/5fa6...
February 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Story here: www.ft.com/content/5fa6...
Will Lewis has just told staff at the Washington Post he is stepping down
February 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Will Lewis has just told staff at the Washington Post he is stepping down
Obviously terrible but also now think the FT now needs a taco editor
A journalist who works as the taco editor for Texas Monthly magazine was briefly detained multiple times last week by ICE agents in Texas in what he suspects was a coordinated operation nypost.com/2026/01/26/m...
Texas Monthly's taco editor says ICE and local cops stopped him...
José R. Ralat is a Dallas resident who is in charge of the section that reviews Mexican food and tacos for Texas Monthly magazine.
nypost.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Obviously terrible but also now think the FT now needs a taco editor
Severance s3 just landed
this photo of our fun festive FT podcast Xmas quiz makes me laugh every time I see it
December 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Severance s3 just landed
SCOOP w/ @aarmstrongsays.bsky.social: Channel 4 is set to appoint Sky advertising supremo Priya Dogra as its next chief executive. Announcement could come as early as tomorrow for the public service broadcaster.
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
SCOOP w/ @aarmstrongsays.bsky.social: Channel 4 is set to appoint Sky advertising supremo Priya Dogra as its next chief executive. Announcement could come as early as tomorrow for the public service broadcaster.
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Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros on.ft.com/4aEEH1P
Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros
Ellisons approach was rebuffed over concerns about financial backing from China and Middle East sovereign funds
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December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros on.ft.com/4aEEH1P
Netflix boss Ted Sarandos keeps a replica of Rosebud, the childhood sled at the heart of the Warner Bros’ film Citizen Kane, hanging in his home. Now he gets to own the whole studio.
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How Netflix stole Warner Bros from David Ellison
[FREE TO READ] Old-guard Hollywood underestimated streaming pioneer that has upended the industry over two decades
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December 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Netflix boss Ted Sarandos keeps a replica of Rosebud, the childhood sled at the heart of the Warner Bros’ film Citizen Kane, hanging in his home. Now he gets to own the whole studio.
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Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Daily Mail's parent company agrees a deal to buy Telegraph for £500m! Media consolidation, let's go, ya gonna blink and stop this competition regulators? Over to you, Nandy? Strong potential everyone just waves the sale through to STOP HAVING TO READ OR THINK ABOUT IT. www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500mn deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain, confirming our scoop last week w/ @JFK_America
www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Daily Mail owner DMGT has struck a £500mn deal to buy rival newspaper The Telegraph in a tie-up that would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain, confirming our scoop last week w/ @JFK_America
www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
www.ft.com/content/cd8e...
Scoop: Shumeet Banerji has resigned from the BBC board in the latest blow to the corporation since the resignation of its director-general two weeks ago.
www.ft.com/content/6b90...
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BBC board member resigns
Shumeet Banerji’s departure is latest blow to the corporation
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November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Scoop: Shumeet Banerji has resigned from the BBC board in the latest blow to the corporation since the resignation of its director-general two weeks ago.
www.ft.com/content/6b90...
www.ft.com/content/6b90...
Scoop: Paramount is in advanced talks to acquire Champions League TV rights in the UK and other major European markets in major bet on sports rights outside the US and blow to incumbent broadcasters. Story coming soon on FT.com
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November 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Scoop: Paramount is in advanced talks to acquire Champions League TV rights in the UK and other major European markets in major bet on sports rights outside the US and blow to incumbent broadcasters. Story coming soon on FT.com
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Samuel Agini + @danielthomasldn.bsky.social: Wimbledon Debenture #Tickets Set To Secure Exemption From UK Resale Crackdown | @financialtimes.com
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Wimbledon debenture tickets set to secure exemption from UK resale crackdown
Organisers of the tennis tournament warned that a price cap would damage its funding model
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November 19, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Samuel Agini + @danielthomasldn.bsky.social: Wimbledon Debenture #Tickets Set To Secure Exemption From UK Resale Crackdown | @financialtimes.com
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Rare chance to get Mogwai on the front page of the FT this morning in this scoop with @pickardje.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rare chance to get Mogwai on the front page of the FT this morning in this scoop with @pickardje.bsky.social
Scoop with @PickardJE: the UK will outlaw rip off ticket touts by fixing prices at face value ..
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UK to ban resale of tickets above face value for live events
Aggressive crackdown on touts comes after backlash over cost of watching live music and sport
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November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Scoop with @PickardJE: the UK will outlaw rip off ticket touts by fixing prices at face value ..
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Scoop: Lord Rothermere’s DMGT, the owner of the Daily Mail, has already expressed interest in buying the Telegraph (having been a minority partner).
Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Scoop: Lord Rothermere’s DMGT, the owner of the Daily Mail, has already expressed interest in buying the Telegraph (having been a minority partner).
Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
Lord Rothermere has long ambitions to bring together the two rightwing British newspapers.
RedBird has confirmed to the FT that it will "withdraw its bid", saying: "We remain fully confident that the Telegraph and its world-class team have a bright future ahead of them".
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
RedBird has confirmed to the FT that it will "withdraw its bid", saying: "We remain fully confident that the Telegraph and its world-class team have a bright future ahead of them".
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
Which is fairly magnanimous of them considering the coverage of RedBird by the Telegraph.
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The telegraph has been for sale for three years on.ft.com/4oGV6Hu
Telegraph sale to RedBird collapses
[FREE TO READ] US private equity group walked away due to regulatory uncertainty and negative commentary from newspaper
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November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The telegraph has been for sale for three years on.ft.com/4oGV6Hu
The £500mn sale of the Telegraph to US private equity firm RedBird has collapsed, throwing the future of the newspaper into question as it enters its third year without an owner
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The £500mn sale of the Telegraph to US private equity firm RedBird has collapsed, throwing the future of the newspaper into question as it enters its third year without an owner
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for at least $1bn over the edit of a speech at the heart of a crisis at the broadcaster, acc to a letter from his lawyers seen by the FT
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Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over January 6 speech edit
Broadcaster’s chair admits ‘error of judgement’ over clip but hits out at memo that prompted bosses’ resignations
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November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for at least $1bn over the edit of a speech at the heart of a crisis at the broadcaster, acc to a letter from his lawyers seen by the FT
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EXC: ‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone is to step down from his media and telecoms empire today, in an era-ending step for the American pioneer.
Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media.
With @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media.
With @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone to step down from media and telecoms empire
[FREE TO READ] Tycoon is relinquishing board roles at Liberty Media and Liberty Global after buccaneering 50-year career
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
EXC: ‘Cable cowboy’ John Malone is to step down from his media and telecoms empire today, in an era-ending step for the American pioneer.
Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media.
With @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
Malone will step down as chair of both Liberty Global and Liberty Media.
With @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
on.ft.com/430i2sn
Traffic to the largest UK site dropped 77% after the Online Safety Act was enforced this summer
The owner of adult websites such as Pornhub told the Financial Times that traffic to the site dropped by more than three-quarters after tougher checks were put in place on.ft.com/3WSAoIa
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Traffic to the largest UK site dropped 77% after the Online Safety Act was enforced this summer
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Are weight loss drugs killing off the business lunch? @danielthomasldn.bsky.social and @emmavj.bsky.social rpt. www.ft.com/content/d1c5...
Are weight loss drugs killing off the business lunch?
Appetite suppressing medicines may be an unsavoury problem for restaurateurs as well as diners
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October 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Are weight loss drugs killing off the business lunch? @danielthomasldn.bsky.social and @emmavj.bsky.social rpt. www.ft.com/content/d1c5...
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The boss of one of Britain’s biggest tech start-ups on the ethics of porn, the future of the content creator economy — and why the platform banned Bonnie Blue on.ft.com/4nzC8SB
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The boss of one of Britain’s biggest tech start-ups on the ethics of porn, the future of the content creator economy — and why the platform banned Bonnie Blue on.ft.com/4nzC8SB
Geoff Cooper, chair of electrical goods retailer AO, is being lined up as the new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Full story on ft.com with @ashleyarmstrong.bsky.social
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Geoff Cooper in line to be new chair of Channel 4
Current chair of retailer AO would take helm of public service broadcaster at time of intense upheaval
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September 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Geoff Cooper, chair of electrical goods retailer AO, is being lined up as the new chair of UK broadcaster Channel 4, according to several people with knowledge of the situation. Full story on ft.com with @ashleyarmstrong.bsky.social
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