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GOING DOWN THE YOUTUBE
Ofcom's Media Nations report notes the rise of YouTube in UK broadcasting –but what does this shift mean for advertising and regulation thereof?

CRITICAL SINKING
A little-noticed Lords committee report on media literacy highlighted the "massive gaps in critical thinking skills" in many households.

PIERS REVIEW
During the Covid pandemic, Piers "Morgan" Moron regularly criticised those who spread misinformation about the virus. But now he is a YouTuber…

TRUMP FORE! PLAY
Donald Trump is edging closer to achieving one of the more bizarre foreign policy objectives of his second term: staging the Open at Turnberry.

LOSING THEIR SHIRTS
Despite a ban on bookies' logos on the front of players' shirts looming in 2026, Premier League clubs are not reining in their dealings with the betting industry.

POP EYE
No one rewrote Ozzy Osbourne's history as spectacularly as PETA, which said it would remember him "most fondly for the gentle side he showed to animals".

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