Twelve of the most expensive TV shows of all time: Patrick Freyneâs cost-benefit analysis
Netflix, Prime Video and Apple TV clearly have money to burn on big-budget series, but are they worth the eye-watering cost?
Jeff Bezos
Met Gala 2026: Whoâs hosting and whatâs the theme?
Theme for annual Gala this year is Fashion is Art
Why co-CEOs might suit our tumultuous times
Sharing the leadership burden remains rare but is not without benefits
How Trump transformed Americaâs media order
A recent report found the US was experiencing its sharpest decline in democracy, citing pressure on the media as a key factor
Viktor OrbĂĄn stifled the press at home and cultivated media friends abroad
He showed how the international illiberal right could survive inside a liberal democratic alliance
Fawning focus on the Artemis II mission reveals a disturbing arrogance
We should leave the moon alone
Countdown under way for first manned moon mission in more than 50 years
Three US and one Canadian astronaut are due for liftoff on 10-day test mission swinging around âthe moon and back
At the Oscars, a classic story of art rebuking commerce
The party had a euphoric vibe â until two famous guests had a bristling smackdown
Paramountâs takeover of Warner Bros more than just another Hollywood power play
Deal ensures media influence remains in the hands of a small circle of politically-aligned billionaires
The world is in peril. Donât worry about it, they say
In a world steeped in violence and menace, the people in charge constantly tell us not to worry
Demise of Washington Postâs revered sports section will barely register in the Instagram age
Jeff Bezos laid off 300 people from the Washington Post last week, among which was a vaunted sports section
Court ruling puts builders at risk of going bust and buying property via your pension
Business Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Running a newspaper is a tricky business. Jeff Bezos has made a mess of it
Actively alienating subscribers is not an obvious winning strategy
Social Democrats TD misses out on âŹ1m from Palantir share boom off the back of Ice contracts
Plus: Eamon Dunphyâs Michelin star mission; the Washington Post lays off a reporter in a war zone; and the pagans strike back
The Washington Postâs darkest moment
The newspaper once brought down a president. Now, under Jeff Bezos, it is being dismantled from within
Washington Post lays off hundreds of employees on one of newspaperâs âdarkest daysâ
Billionaire owner Jeff Bezos has not publicly responded to letters and messages sent by staffers urging him to curb cuts
Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her
Melania is where she wants to be: in the bosom of a corrupt family that is prostituting the Peopleâs House
Trumpâs cabinet attends premiere of Amazonâbacked documentary Melania
Amazon studio bought film for $40 million and spent $35 million on marketing
No, objecting to the enormous wealth of billionaires is not begrudgery
Why do we only talk about alleviating poverty, but not controlling runaway wealth?
We already had a perfectly good term for ârage baitâ â itâs hate speech
Look at the tech bros lined up at Donald Trumpâs inauguration: their cumulative wealth has increased from $40 billion to $1 trillion in 13 years
If Trumpâs âbig beautiful ballroomâ goes to plan it will be capable of staging an Irish wedding
Welcome to the new White House events venue, where dignity is inversely proportional to the quantity of gold
Amazon job cull shows the darker side of artificial intelligence
Having invested hugely in AI, companies are now looking for a dividend in terms of lower costs to keep shareholders happy
Ego or strategy? The motives behind Elon Muskâs $1bn Tesla buy
Sceptics note Tesla boss bought company shares after he had been briefly supplanted by Oracleâs Larry Ellison as worldâs richest man
American media in all its forms is shifting perceptibly rightward
Charlie Kirkâs death sparked heated accusations and arguments across ideological divide
Trump administration doubles down on Big Tech antitrust cases despite Google setback
Tough enforcement continues even as tech bosses court the president
For years this neighbourhood was the dream. Then Mark Zuckerberg moved next door
âBillionaires everywhere are used to just making their own rules â Zuckerberg and Chan are not unique, except that theyâre our neighboursâ
The Haves and Have-Yachts. Dispatches on the Ultrarich: How Trump exploited mass-manipulation to stoke culture wars
Evan Osnos shows how social media is at the core of Republicansâ drive to destroy human empathy with maximum misinformation and minimum civil discourse
Materialists director Celine Song: âHow are we supposed to find love when dating is reduced to a numbers game?â
Materialists, Celine Songâs new romcom, is inspired by the film-makerâs time working for an elite New York matchmaking agency
Give me Helen Mirrenâs refusal to âage gracefullyâ over the tech bros who refuse to age at all
Whether itâs âage gracefullyâ or âdonât dieâ, both frame time as a threat to be managed through purchasing power
Itâs hard to resist the sense that, deep down, Iâm a loser
Unthinkable: Toxic positivity may be exacerbating a sense that weâre losing in life
How Silicon Valley became the new TĂr na nĂg
Venmo founder Bryan Johnson and other tech billionaires have set their sights on immortality. Is this as risible as it seems?
Forget quiet luxury. The wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez screamed âmoneyâ
Weâre no longer shocked by wealth itself â only by the spectacle of loud luxury
The good bits of the brave new world promised by the digital revolution never happened in journalism
There was a time when we seemed to be on the cusp of something remarkable, but it never happened
âCrocodileâ fears see Jeff Bezos alter his Venice wedding plans
Reception venue is moved after activists threatened to fill canals with inflatable crocodiles to prevent guests entering city centre building
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