Sky's Chief Executive Jeremy Darroch has earned nearly GBP40m through Comcast's purchase of the satellite broadcasters. His shares leapt as Fox and Comcast fought for overall control. "The Guardian" calculates that the GBP14m tax bill is higher than what Facebook, Netflix and Amazon paid last year to HMRC combined.

The "Times" is not taking it easy this morning on Johnston Press. The forced sale, after the local newspaper group failed to refinance its debt, is attributed to a spending spree on local papers that simply showed "management hubris."

Droga5 London has unveiled four tv ads for Amazon Prime that show viewers lives' changing for the better through binge watching. The upcoming campaign is set to be Amazon Prime's biggest in the UK, "Campaign" reports.

The Huffington Post is looking for a new editor in chief in the UK after the incumbent, Polly Curtis, left suddenly after only a year in the role. "Press Gazette" reveals the site has announced its Global Managing Editor, James Martin, is stepping in to fill the role on an interim basis. No reason has been given for Curtis' sudden departure.

The BBC's news broadcasting systems will undergo two nights of overhauling in an attempt to remedy faults that have impacted news bulletins this week, "Press Gazette" reveals. Yesterday's Six O'Clock News bulletin has to be moved to a backup studio, requiring its presenter, Fiona Bruce, to be given a police escort to make it in front of camera in time.

'Bodyguard' has been crowned the most successful BBC box set of all time, "The Guardian" reports. So far it has been viewed via BBC iPlayer 36m times.

Mediatel has a dire warning from the Videoscape Europe television conference that it attended this week. The onslaught from Facebook, Apple, Amazon. Netflix and Google (FAANGS) will be such a tough battle that traditional tv companies may well not survive.

The BBC is positioning Apple's $300m deal with UK-based Dialog Semiconductors as being primarily motivated by recruiting 300 of its engineers and some of its patents. Apple uses the company's chips to monitor power consumption in iPhones and iPads.

Sir Martin Sorrell batted back suggestions that he is not interested in creativity by claiming it will be "at the centre" of what he does at S4C, "Marketing Week" reports. Sir Martin was speaking at the Festival of Marketing this week in London.

Britvic has appointed Leagas Delaney to be the creative agency for its upmarket brands, "Campaign" reports.