How vinyl records and printed books are making a comeback in Ireland thanks to Gen Z
More people are stepping off the tech treadmill and putting a record on the turntable
Nielsen
Toy Show and sport top list of most-watched TV of 2024. But where is the comedy and drama?
Festive Late Late event was the only non-sport programme in the top 10, with I’m a Celebrity and the Eurovision Song Contest among the shows to improve their rankings last year
Is the era of the mega private equity deal over?
The lack of exit options for investments has forced some executives to reconsider more swashbuckling strategies
UK shoppers see their grocery bills fall as food inflation nears two-year low, data shows
Rate eases sharply in February as input costs for energy and fertiliser fall and retailers compete to keep prices down
Late Late far from the only game in town come September
Audience momentum after Patrick Kielty’s debut will be complicated by small matter of timing
Prince Harry autobiography Spare becomes Ireland’s fastest-selling non-fiction book
Spare sold more than 20,000 copies in its first week, beating the record previously held by Paul O’Connell
Subscription streaming services still lag broadcasters on average viewing time, TAM Ireland finds
Ratings body has installed Nielsen technology in a panel of Irish homes to track usage of subscription video-on-demand and video-sharing platforms
Chipmaker Broadcom in talks to buy VMware for up to €47bn
Takeover by chip industry’s arch-consolidator would mean a windfall for Michael Dell
Are you a Netflix ‘completer’ or riddled with anxiety about unfinished things?
Less may still be too much for the overloaded media consumer
Jada Pinkett Smith calls for ‘healing’ in first comment since Oscars slap
‘This is a season for healing. And I’m here for it,’ actor and wife of Will Smith says
Booksellers made €9.6m Exchequer contribution in 2021, report finds
Sector calls on consumers to support local bookshops amid overseas online competition
Other options: Studying for a master’s in Europe
Cost and access are big draws for students opting to study in European colleges
In TV land, only the Toy Show and live sport have enduring appeal
Laura Slattery: The top television ratings a decade apart show how much has changed
Megxit, England’s defeat and 11 minutes less TV a day: what Irish viewers watched in 2021
Toy Show victorious once more, as news audiences drop from pandemic peak
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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