“What perhaps the AI ‘black box’ can guarantee is a certain level of performance from advertisers who otherwise aren’t savvy about more manual campaign management,” said Jamie MacEwan, senior research analyst at Enders Analysis. “And Amazon has to offer this solution competitively with Google and Meta’s equivalents to ensure it’s offering the full suite of expected services, as more advertisers get used to buying this way.”

Jamie MacEwan, senior analyst at Enders Analysis, estimated that "almost half of Apple's revenue is exposed to China."

Enders Analysis, a media industry research firm, said last week that Mr Cardinale’s status as a newcomer to news publishing meant the regulatory process could be smooth and complete by September. The potential involvement of Lord Rothermere, the owner of The Daily Mail, as a minority shareholder alongside RedBird could complicate matters.

Karen Egan, at Enders Analysis, said: “Openreach, like the other established players, are suffering line losses as a consequence of the alt-net fibre goldrush, and TalkTalk customer declines.

“It makes things tough for now but the free cashflow recovery story is not at risk and the line losses should moderate as the alt-nets no longer have the funding to expand their networks.”

Openreach, which operates a nationwide broadband network and sells access to other providers, accounts for about 30% of BT’s sales. Pressure from a new crop of challenger fiber optic providers, known as alt-nets, are hurting some older providers, Enders Analysis analyst Karen Egan said.

“Openreach is suffering losses to the alt-nets in the same way that the rest of its established peers are,” she said. “It’s tough for now, but those losses will naturally deplete as the alt-net funding market has dried up.”

“KKR wants to send a message that scale will bring higher margins,” says François Godard, a senior media analyst at Enders Analysis. “The M&A scene will continue to be dynamic, so we can expect Mediawan to keep growing.” The company refinanced last year, raising a €500 million loan and a €225 million revolving credit facility, which analysts say will fund acquisitions. D’Arvieu says Mediawan is unlikely to embark on a shopping “frenzy”, but will instead target partners that share the same “artistic vision as us”.  

Pay TV gets the word out, too, with Sky’s coverage undoubtedly excellent, their funds having helped orchestrate England’s World Cup wins and more. The media research firm Enders Analysis reported last year that “young viewers now consume nearly half of their sports through Sky … which refutes the widely held view that young people don’t watch sport behind a paywall”.

“Is Sky facing a slow death? No,” says Claire Enders, the founder of Enders Analysis. “They have survived 13 years against the likes of Neftlix spending enormous amounts of money and it is not like their model has been unseated, it has just had to change.

“It has been an incredibly tough market, and there are more TV options than ever before, and Sky is investing very heavily in a number of strategies to reduce dependency on content now on streaming services.

“You can say they have been through the worst already and come out the other side, the business has stabilised and is being set up for the very long term.”