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Abortion row: Netflix and Disney stay silent on Northern Ireland ban
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Apple ready to unveil big bet on television
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EU queries Disney/Sky deal over concerns about cross-border rights
Commission seeking assurances that TV shows will be available across the EU
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‘I love the place’: US billionaire John Malone on his €300m Irish portfolio
International investor talks about his assets in Ireland, Netflix, Trump, and succession plans
Goldman Sachs tops $100m in fees from Fox-Disney deal
Payout reflects close relationship between Rupert Murdoch and top banker
Comcast opens Disney bidding war with $65bn Fox offer
Fox shareholders to be offered $35 a share in cash for its film and television studios, cable entertainment networks
Donald Trump wades into Roseanne Barr tweet controversy
US president complains that no-one from ABC network has apologised for ‘horrible’ statements about him
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European shares flag as ECB provides no momentum
Ryanair falls in Dublin as more negative industrial relations news filters out
Disney buys 21st Century Fox for over €44bn
Deal gives Disney an arsenal of shows and movies to combat digital rivals
Disney close to €51bn deal to take over Fox assets
Final price and the future of James Murdoch remain under negotiation
Boris Johnson’s dubitation, CEOs for gun control, Monarch’s reign ends
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Merck boss quits Trump council over Charlottesville
President criticised for failing to denounce groups involved in racial violence
Maureen Dowd: Infantile US president stomps all over Planet Earth
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Disney held to ransom after ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ hack
Hackers threaten to release latest instalment in the series unless the studio pays up
John Malone: Irish-American ‘cable cowboy’ eyes new landscapes
Media mogul says US needs Fox News as ‘otherwise everything’s leftist’
Success of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ boosts profits at Walt Disney
Company’s shares fell 1.7% as revenue comes in slightly below expectations
European shares rise on positive earnings
In Dublin, Bank of Ireland remained weak in line with other financials
Walt Disney beats estimates as it aims to lure web viewers
Streaming investment to ‘allay investor fears’ about relevance in online world
Divers recover body of boy taken by alligator at Disney resort
Two-year-old was playing at lagoon’s edge in Florida when he was dragged into water
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