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Netflix and Paramount bidding for a potentially lucrative back catalogue mirrors 18th-century publishing deals

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16 March 202616 March 2026

Photo by Rafael Henrique via Adobe Stock Netflix’s plan to buy the Hollywood studio Warner Bros Discovery is over. The streaming giant was eventually outbid by rival company Paramount Skydance,...Read More >

WH Smith once shaped the travel experience – and now it’s returning to its roots

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29 April 202528 April 2025

After 124 years as a familiar fixture to generations of customers, there will no longer be a place for WH Smith on UK high streets. Modella Capital – a specialist...Read More >

Beards, business and a history of facial hair in the workplace

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29 November 201823 February 2023

As ‘Movember’ draws to a close, Business Historian Dr Lucy Newton explores the history of facial hair in the workplace, from ‘peak beard’ in the 1850s to today’s hipster handlebars,…Read More >

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