Regulators have cast critical eyes over proposed marriages triggered by rise of Big Tech

Media firm takeover by two of the richest men in the world due to be completed in 2018

In Dublin, Smurfit Kappa continues positive trend despite posting fall in earnings

This Week: Airline’s first-half results will reflect investor jitters. Also: AIB’s egm

HBO says actor got diagnosis a day after she won 6th Emmy for her role as Meyer in ‘Veep’

Series adapted from 1985 Margaret Atwood novel wins 8 awards including best drama

Acquisitive European group could be set for latest round of US media consolidation

Apple results; Irish unemployment indicator; and UCD seminar on algorithmic consumers

Entertainment companies have much to lose when their biggest hits become too big to fail

21st Century Fox’s bid for pay-TV company is response to an even bigger rival takeover

Ireland must show overseas companies we can support the scale of investment they want to make

Facebook says it may be reaching limit on amount of ads it can place in front of users

Budgets in newspapers, radio and TV are torn up as Facebook and Google strengthen

In the fourth quarter alone, global mergers and acquisitions were worth $1.2 trillion

Superhero loses honorary role as advocate for gender equality following protests

Time Warner, John Lewis, paper receipts and Heathrow runway woe

US Senate antitrust subcommittee meet next month to discuss potential $85.4 billion deal

Good timing for Time Warner as entire legacy media world heads for ‘secular decline’

Stoxx Europe 600 Index takes five-day advance to 1.3% while Iseq falls 0.3%

Hudson Yards will see new skyscrapers and cover 28 acres of midtown Manhattan

Studio was accused of stopping viewers outside UK and Ireland accessing Sky UK

To celebrate International Women's Day, we've found an outstanding bunch of Irish women whose influence is felt around the world. Here are the women rising to the top of the previously male-dominated computer and technology industries

Major indices all rise with tech stocks performing strongly

‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Billions’ among the new dramas that will air on Sky Atlantic channel

Show’s makers will be able to produce twice as much new content

Deal will bring much-needed funding for future of award-winning children’s TV show

Television business model is under pressure from likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Google’s YouTube

This decade hasn’t been so hot for the print circulation of women’s monthlies

Digital ad revenue up 14.2% to $48.3m in second quarter

Revenue rises 8% from success of video streaming service and Batman video game

Engineers have set new power and distance records for fibre-optic communication

Blockbuster films fuel big rise in value of stocks

AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong to continue to lead company

Gamechangers – are you ready to change the world, by Peter Fisk. €29.99, 306pp

Customers take to social media to complain about problems ordering access to the fight

Shares jump by nearly 12 % as investors welcome latest figures

Lock says financial divide needs to be solved to avoid ruining international game

Soccer ball maker sues over reports on HBO show that alleges it used child labour

The week ahead in results, indicators and more

Revenues rises as streaming video service eyes expansion into other regions