1. One Media iP gets a tune out of its acquisitions
The firm, which exploits intellectual digital property rights around music, video and copyright technology, said full year revenues rose 10% and earnings climbed 11% to £4.38mln.
2. Petropavlovsk production on target despite Russian sanctions
But the miner can’t sell any gold to Gazprombank, its principal offtaker due to financial restrictions in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
3. What is HBO doing that Netflix isn’t?
HBO Max’s emphatic outperformance compared to Netflix is perhaps instructive, answering a question many have pondered this week – what’s going on with Netflix and why is it failing?
4. Big falls for FTSE 100
At the close, the UK blue-chip index was 106.27 points, or 1.4% weaker at 7,521.68, the session low and well below the day’s early peak of 7,628.03.
5. Lloyds, Natwest and Barclay's profits to tumble
Britain’s big banks report first-quarter numbers next week and the mood is likely to be a lot less celebratory than the last set of bumper numbers with big profit falls forecast all around.