Dan Thomas
@danielthomasldn.bsky.social
Global media editor at the Financial Times; former chief UK business, telcos, property etc.
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“Everything I do, I think, can I make content out of it?” - first in an excellent new FT series on the thriving (and, frankly, exhausting) creator economy, by @emmavj.bsky.social and @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
as.ft.com/r/882ead14-6... How to make it as a digital creator
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How to make it as a digital creator
Easy access and high rewards draw millions to careers in social media but agents say the challenges are underestimated
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October 1, 2026 at 8:06 AM
“Everything I do, I think, can I make content out of it?” - first in an excellent new FT series on the thriving (and, frankly, exhausting) creator economy, by @emmavj.bsky.social and @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
as.ft.com/r/882ead14-6... How to make it as a digital creator
as.ft.com/r/882ead14-6... How to make it as a digital creator
Watched the Solar eclipse on the Dobby death beach (also known as the glorious Freshwater West), crossing August season’s main news streams and darkening the skies
August 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Watched the Solar eclipse on the Dobby death beach (also known as the glorious Freshwater West), crossing August season’s main news streams and darkening the skies
More pain for the BBC: US government looks at joining Donald Trump lawsuit
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US government looks at joining Donald Trump lawsuit against BBC
Move raises clear conflict of interest concerns between president and state, says broadcaster
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July 16, 2026 at 9:55 AM
More pain for the BBC: US government looks at joining Donald Trump lawsuit
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Interesting report from Ofcom:
- VPN use has doubled since porn laws on age
- Kids are using them, which suggests the govt may have to do something under the social media ban
- dating apps emerge as an area of concern, with a tenth of 17-year-olds using them (?!)
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- VPN use has doubled since porn laws on age
- Kids are using them, which suggests the govt may have to do something under the social media ban
- dating apps emerge as an area of concern, with a tenth of 17-year-olds using them (?!)
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VPN use in UK doubles as people circumvent porn laws
Regulator Ofcom found evidence of children using the technology to get around curbs
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July 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Interesting report from Ofcom:
- VPN use has doubled since porn laws on age
- Kids are using them, which suggests the govt may have to do something under the social media ban
- dating apps emerge as an area of concern, with a tenth of 17-year-olds using them (?!)
www.ft.com/content/f2f7...
- VPN use has doubled since porn laws on age
- Kids are using them, which suggests the govt may have to do something under the social media ban
- dating apps emerge as an area of concern, with a tenth of 17-year-olds using them (?!)
www.ft.com/content/f2f7...
MPs currently making sure that BBC DG Matt Brittin gives Count Binface as much coverage on Question Time as Nigel Farage in the Clacton by election in his grilling on the Culture select committee
July 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
MPs currently making sure that BBC DG Matt Brittin gives Count Binface as much coverage on Question Time as Nigel Farage in the Clacton by election in his grilling on the Culture select committee
Brutal by Sky and ITV to finally annnounce their broadcast merger a few hours after the England Mexico all nighter.
But SkITV is finally here - full details below
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But SkITV is finally here - full details below
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Sky agrees £1.6bn ITV deal as UK broadcasters take on streaming rivals
Combination will leave US media giant Comcast in control of a broadcaster that reaches 21mn households
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July 6, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Brutal by Sky and ITV to finally annnounce their broadcast merger a few hours after the England Mexico all nighter.
But SkITV is finally here - full details below
www.ft.com/content/6135...
But SkITV is finally here - full details below
www.ft.com/content/6135...
Bob Iger’s long goodbye.
The Disney veteran talks exclusively to the FT about his 20 years at the top - the $90mn M&A spree for Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and Fox (as well as early talks about a mega Apple merger), the botched succession and cursed second tenure - and what happens next
The Disney veteran talks exclusively to the FT about his 20 years at the top - the $90mn M&A spree for Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and Fox (as well as early talks about a mega Apple merger), the botched succession and cursed second tenure - and what happens next
Bob Iger’s long goodbye
For two decades, Hollywood’s most indispensable executive has been synonymous with Disney. Can he really tear himself away?
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June 23, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Bob Iger’s long goodbye.
The Disney veteran talks exclusively to the FT about his 20 years at the top - the $90mn M&A spree for Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and Fox (as well as early talks about a mega Apple merger), the botched succession and cursed second tenure - and what happens next
The Disney veteran talks exclusively to the FT about his 20 years at the top - the $90mn M&A spree for Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and Fox (as well as early talks about a mega Apple merger), the botched succession and cursed second tenure - and what happens next
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Big UK media scoop: Ministers will back the UK’s broadcasters with proposals to force social media and video platforms such as YouTube and Meta to make public service news content more prominent - a major victory for the PSB but a fresh battle with Big Tech
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June 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Big UK media scoop: Ministers will back the UK’s broadcasters with proposals to force social media and video platforms such as YouTube and Meta to make public service news content more prominent - a major victory for the PSB but a fresh battle with Big Tech
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Good that kids won’t see it
Big UK media scoop: Ministers will back the UK’s broadcasters with proposals to force social media and video platforms such as YouTube and Meta to make public service news content more prominent - a major victory for the PSB but a fresh battle with Big Tech
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June 20, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Good that kids won’t see it
Officials also see the need to tackle head-on the rise of misinformation and disinformation on social media, and address concerns from the likes of ex-ch 4 boss Alex Mahon that trusted British news is being buried by foreign algorithms that drive viewing habits
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June 20, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Officials also see the need to tackle head-on the rise of misinformation and disinformation on social media, and address concerns from the likes of ex-ch 4 boss Alex Mahon that trusted British news is being buried by foreign algorithms that drive viewing habits
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Big UK media scoop: Ministers will back the UK’s broadcasters with proposals to force social media and video platforms such as YouTube and Meta to make public service news content more prominent - a major victory for the PSB but a fresh battle with Big Tech
www.ft.com/content/7f14...
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Home - Financial Times
News, analysis and opinion from the Financial Times on the latest in markets, economics and politics
FT.com
June 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Big UK media scoop: Ministers will back the UK’s broadcasters with proposals to force social media and video platforms such as YouTube and Meta to make public service news content more prominent - a major victory for the PSB but a fresh battle with Big Tech
www.ft.com/content/7f14...
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Harry Potter shops raided after London Centric investigation…. HMRC officials seize till receipts… ministers treating now central London gift shops as a tax enforcement issue…. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Harry Potter shops raided after London Centric investigation
Plus: Is London’s iPhone theft era really coming to an end? • A £9.5m mansion next to Henry VIII's childhood home • Go underground for your phone coverage
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June 13, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Harry Potter shops raided after London Centric investigation…. HMRC officials seize till receipts… ministers treating now central London gift shops as a tax enforcement issue…. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
I had lunch with new BBC director general Matt Brittin six days in, where over jalapeño cornbread he opened up about taking on one of the hardest jobs in public life, his plans for the Beeb and whether his tenure may be counted in the life span of one of his chickens
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BBC director-general Matt Brittin: ‘It’s worth fighting for’
The former Google executive on the challenges facing the public service broadcaster, his plans to cut 2,000 jobs — and what impartiality means in a polarised world
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June 5, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I had lunch with new BBC director general Matt Brittin six days in, where over jalapeño cornbread he opened up about taking on one of the hardest jobs in public life, his plans for the Beeb and whether his tenure may be counted in the life span of one of his chickens
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Billionaire James Packer among backers lined up for OnlyFans deal ft.trib.al/MdeTHtn
Billionaire James Packer among backers lined up for OnlyFans deal
Australian media mogul’s funds to invest in Architect Capital SPV taking a minority stake in platform
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May 8, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Billionaire James Packer among backers lined up for OnlyFans deal ft.trib.al/MdeTHtn
Scoop: OnlyFans, the UK-based streaming platform used by sex workers, is nearing a deal to sell a minority stake valuing it at more than $3bn just a month after its owner died. The deal is likely to include new financial services for its unbanked creators
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OnlyFans nears deal to sell minority stake at more than $3bn valuation
Discussions with Architect Capital come less than a month after the UK-based platform’s owner Leonid Radvinsky died
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April 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Scoop: OnlyFans, the UK-based streaming platform used by sex workers, is nearing a deal to sell a minority stake valuing it at more than $3bn just a month after its owner died. The deal is likely to include new financial services for its unbanked creators
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As many as 2,000 jobs are set to be cut by the BBC across its departments as part of a radical downsizing of the UK’s national broadcaster ahead of the arrival of new director-general Matt Brittin. Scoop on FT.com
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BBC to cut one in 10 jobs in radical downsizing
New director-general Matt Brittin to replace Tim Davie next month
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April 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
As many as 2,000 jobs are set to be cut by the BBC across its departments as part of a radical downsizing of the UK’s national broadcaster ahead of the arrival of new director-general Matt Brittin. Scoop on FT.com
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I wrote about whether the traditional British tabloid can survive as readers are being lured by social media feeds and influencer content.. but what I did not realise was that in Feb all newspapers ceased to report circulation numbers publicly via ABC
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Can the traditional British tabloid survive the digital age?
Social media feeds, AI summaries and influencer-driven content are luring readers away
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April 15, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I wrote about whether the traditional British tabloid can survive as readers are being lured by social media feeds and influencer content.. but what I did not realise was that in Feb all newspapers ceased to report circulation numbers publicly via ABC
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Ministers confirm our FT scoop from last week as Ian Cheshire - the former Ch 4 chair and City veteran - is named new Ofcom chair www.ft.com/content/4a16... via @ft
Ian Cheshire named new Ofcom chair
Former Kingfisher chief is the government’s choice to replace Lord Michael Grade at the media regulator
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April 8, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Ministers confirm our FT scoop from last week as Ian Cheshire - the former Ch 4 chair and City veteran - is named new Ofcom chair www.ft.com/content/4a16... via @ft
Scoop: Tim Davie will make an immediate return after he stands down as BBC DG with the govenment lining him up to take over as a chair of its creative industries council from Sir Peter Bazalgette. No gap year for Tim.
March 27, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Scoop: Tim Davie will make an immediate return after he stands down as BBC DG with the govenment lining him up to take over as a chair of its creative industries council from Sir Peter Bazalgette. No gap year for Tim.
Will Saturday Night Live work in the UK? Critics already have their knives sharpened but Sky are making a big bet on the show - telling me that it has already been extended from six to eight episodes to give the cast more time to hit their stride
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Will Saturday Night Live work in the UK?
Sky is placing a multimillion-pound bet on remaking the long-running US comedy show for a British audience
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March 20, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Will Saturday Night Live work in the UK? Critics already have their knives sharpened but Sky are making a big bet on the show - telling me that it has already been extended from six to eight episodes to give the cast more time to hit their stride
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BBC faces a real-term funding freeze for the World Service as talks to secure a last minute deal go to the wire
Scoop with @lucyfisher.ft.com
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Scoop with @lucyfisher.ft.com
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BBC faces real-terms funding freeze for World Service
Government in final negotiations over deal expected to set inflationary increase in funding for global news provider
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March 12, 2026 at 9:56 AM
BBC faces a real-term funding freeze for the World Service as talks to secure a last minute deal go to the wire
Scoop with @lucyfisher.ft.com
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Scoop with @lucyfisher.ft.com
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Will be interesting to see if Axel Springer change the Telegraph’s EU stance.
Massive UK media scoop - Germany's Axel Springer is poised to agree a shock £500mn deal for the Telegraph in a move that will scupper the acquisition of the UK newspaper group by the Daily Mail. W/ the FT's finest @JFK_America @ArashMassoudi
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Axel Springer poised to buy Telegraph in £500mn deal
German media group has gatecrashed a proposed acquisition by the owner of the Daily Mail
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March 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Will be interesting to see if Axel Springer change the Telegraph’s EU stance.
Axel has CONFIRMED our FT scoop
“Axel Springer was founded in 1946 under a British press licence. He built his company inspired by the tradition of Fleet Street. The Telegraph was his North Star,” said Axel Springer boss Mathias Döpfner in a statement confirming the £575m deal.
“Axel Springer was founded in 1946 under a British press licence. He built his company inspired by the tradition of Fleet Street. The Telegraph was his North Star,” said Axel Springer boss Mathias Döpfner in a statement confirming the £575m deal.
Massive UK media scoop - Germany's Axel Springer is poised to agree a shock £500mn deal for the Telegraph in a move that will scupper the acquisition of the UK newspaper group by the Daily Mail. W/ the FT's finest @JFK_America @ArashMassoudi
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Axel Springer poised to buy Telegraph in £500mn deal
German media group has gatecrashed a proposed acquisition by the owner of the Daily Mail
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March 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Axel has CONFIRMED our FT scoop
“Axel Springer was founded in 1946 under a British press licence. He built his company inspired by the tradition of Fleet Street. The Telegraph was his North Star,” said Axel Springer boss Mathias Döpfner in a statement confirming the £575m deal.
“Axel Springer was founded in 1946 under a British press licence. He built his company inspired by the tradition of Fleet Street. The Telegraph was his North Star,” said Axel Springer boss Mathias Döpfner in a statement confirming the £575m deal.
Massive UK media scoop - Germany's Axel Springer is poised to agree a shock £500mn deal for the Telegraph in a move that will scupper the acquisition of the UK newspaper group by the Daily Mail. W/ the FT's finest @JFK_America @ArashMassoudi
www.ft.com/content/e5cb...
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Axel Springer poised to buy Telegraph in £500mn deal
German media group has gatecrashed a proposed acquisition by the owner of the Daily Mail
www.ft.com
March 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Massive UK media scoop - Germany's Axel Springer is poised to agree a shock £500mn deal for the Telegraph in a move that will scupper the acquisition of the UK newspaper group by the Daily Mail. W/ the FT's finest @JFK_America @ArashMassoudi
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All3Media and Banijay combine to create $8bn global TV powerhouse - only on ft.com. RedBird IMI and Banijay will be equal partners in the world’s largest independent TV maker, with Marco Bassetti, Jane Turton and Jeff Zucker all taking management positions
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All3Media and Banijay combine to create $8bn global TV powerhouse
Combined group will be the world’s largest independent TV maker producing shows from MasterChef to The Traitors
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March 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
All3Media and Banijay combine to create $8bn global TV powerhouse - only on ft.com. RedBird IMI and Banijay will be equal partners in the world’s largest independent TV maker, with Marco Bassetti, Jane Turton and Jeff Zucker all taking management positions
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