Douglas McCabe was quoted in an article about the news that the Sun plans to abandon its online paywall, the change coming just weeks after the return of Rebekah Brooks as chief executive of News Corp's UK newspaper operations. Douglas said “Today’s decision confirms you can’t apply a paywall strategy to what is very brilliant but popular journalism”.

Rukshan Mehra appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss the recent cyber attack on TalkTalk. Rukshan touched upon the effect this will have on share prices, revenue growth and the response from TalkTalk's competitors in the 'quad-play' market. (The interview starts at 34mins 40secs)

Douglas McCabe was quoted in an article about how TV listing magazines continue to thrive despite the threat from digital and changing TV habits. Douglas said that TV listing magazines “sell in a phenomenally huge volume”, adding “If you look at their circulation decline over an extended period, they are declining, but not at the rate of some magazines, like celebrity and so on.”

Douglas McCabe was quoted in an article about the potential sale of The Economist, following Nikkei's £844m acquisition of the FT Group from Pearson. The education group, Pearson, owns fifty percent of The Economist. Douglas said "In the context of an increasingly global battle between giants like Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, the New York Times and Dow Jones, the Nikkei-FT deal makes sense,” adding “Buying the FT means Nikkei becomes more of a global player.”

Toby Syfret was quoted in an article about the prospect of a smaller BBC. Toby said “Regardless of whether you take a cynical or an open view, this is the biggest threat to the BBC in its history".

Toby Syfret was quoted in an article about the future of the BBC, as government ministers plan a review of the national broadcaster's size and activities. This comes following the announcement that the BBC will take the burden of the cost of free TV licenses for the over 75's. Toby said “This is really a savage attack on the BBC,” adding “We’ve got something very problematic on our hands.”

Toby Syfret was quoted in an article about TV viewing habits, as consumers head online in increasing numbers and advertisers are demanding hard figures on audiences. Toby said "One thing is clear — there is a need for change,” adding “People are saying, we need the data now".

Toby Syfret was quoted in an article about BT's plans to unveil television subscription packages, having previously bundled football games in free with high-speed broadband connections the announcement is expected to introduce a charge of £5 a month to watch the Champions League for existing customers. Toby said that BT’s football subscription package would “be a fairly unique thing”.

Alice Enders was quoted in an article about news that the BBC has sold £87m of property at its former television headquarters as it attempts to demonstrate commitment to reducing operating costs. Alice talked about plans for a progressive license fee, which would be graded by household income. She said it would be “a nightmare to enforce”, suggesting the alternative option would be “to widen the categories of those that are exempt”.

James Barford appeared on The Today Programme to talk about consolidation in the mobile market, sports and BT's reported rise in profits.