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Gary Lineker has become embroiled in another BBC row over proposed changes being made to his football podcast.Broadcaster and former professional footballer Lineker, 63, is part of 20 media organisations who have signed an open letter to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer asking the government to keep the BBC ad-free.Lineker’s production company has warned the broadcasting giant that its plan to run adverts on some podcasts could lead to “disaster”.Goalhanger, which was co-founded by Lineker, is one of several other media groups to hit back at plans.The BBC is considering monetising its podcast services but made clear it only intends to…

Mission clients include Porsche ( )Digital marketing group Mission today rejected a £27 million takeover bid from Brave Bison, a rival which is backed by former Tory Party deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft.Brave Bison is offering 29p a share, a bit higher than the 22.7p at which the shares opened today. They rose 4% to 23.5p when trading began.Mission said in a statement that “following consultation with its financial and legal advisers, unanimously rejected the Possible Offer which it believes to be opportunistic and significantly undervalues the Group and its prospects”.Mission shares are down 55% over the last year.Brave Bison is…

The late Queen’s ‘favourite grandson’ Peter Phillips has seemingly embarked on a new romance with a paediatric nurse and freelance writer just weeks after the end of his previous three-year-relationship. King Charles’ nephew Peter, 46, was photographed this weekend with NHS hero Harriet Sperling at the Badminton Horse Trials. Harriet, who is a Christian single mother, has enjoyed a long career in medicine as well as her writing efforts and recently wrote movingly about how her faith in God has helped her bring up her young daughter. The medic was also part of a huge team that worked tirelessly to save the life of immunocompromised baby…

OpenAI is set to introduce new features for its GPT-4 and ChatGPT models today. Enhancements are expected to integrate reference capabilities similar to Microsoft’s Copilot and Bing Chat, allowing ChatGPT to deliver verified information sources. This move aims to enhance the reliability of AI responses. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the upcoming updates will not make the platform a direct competitor to Google Search and refuted rumors about the launch of GPT-5 at this event.In addition, Jim Fan from NVIDIA hinted at a demo for a real-time voice assistant. These include automatic speech recognition (ASR), language model planning, and…

An Hour AgoEuropean banks hit a nine-year highEuropean banking stocks hit a nine-year high on Monday, rising past 202, on the back of an upbeat earnings season.The gains extend a rally seen late last week, when the Stoxx 600 European banks index rose above 200, their highest level since 2015.— Karen GilchristAn Hour AgoStocks on the move: Maersk up 8.1%, Siemens Energy down 4.2%Shares of Danish shipping company Maersk rose 8.1% in morning deals even after its chief executive said last week that trade disruptions in the Red Sea could run into next year. On the other end, Siemens Energy…

Everyone is speculating on OpenAI’s event today. Many assumed the company would announce an ChatGPT-powered search engine. Others thought the firm might announce a new open-source language model for its popular ChatGPT service. OpenAI’s Sam Altman put an end to those rumors with a post on X.Altman posted on X, saying that the event’s focus is “not gpt-5, not a search engine, but we’ve been hard at work on some new stuff we think people will love!” It “feels like magic to me. Monday 10am PT,” he said to finish the post. Update May 13: Apple is reportedly close to a deal…

(Reuters) – Economic relations between South Korea and China face risks and challenges due to increasingly fierce competition over technology, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Monday ahead of talks with his Chinese counterpart.Cho arrived in Beijing earlier in the day, marking his first trip to China since taking office in January and the first visit to the country by a South Korean foreign minister in more than six years.At a meeting with South Korean business leaders, Cho said that once mutually beneficial economic ties were seeing intensifying rivalry, and vowed support for businessmen seeking to harness market…

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Cindy Crawford (PC: Instagram/@cindycrawford) Model Cindy Crawford recently revealed what it took to manage her finances early in her career, and why it was a tricky situation for her. Crawford, who appeared in the podcast series titled Kelly Corrigan Wonders: About Your Mother, discussed the state of her relationship with her parents and her career.  Cindy Crawford reveals tricky situations with her finances Speaking to Christy Turlington Burns and Kelly Corrigan, the hosts of the podcast, Crawford revealed that by the time she was 18, she was already making more money than her parents. The model reflected on the early…

Affiliate Marketing Platform MarketThe latest study released on the Global Affiliate Marketing Platform Market by HTF MI Research evaluates market size, trend, and forecast to 2030. The Affiliate Marketing Platform market study covers significant research data and proofs to be a handy resource document for managers, analysts, industry experts and other key people to have ready-to-access and self-analysed study to help understand market trends, growth drivers, opportunities and upcoming challenges and about the competitors.Key Players in This Report Include: Ebay (United States), Amazon (United States), Tradedoubler (Sweden), Alibaba (China), Everflow.io (United States), Refersion (United States), Admitad (Germany), Affiliatly (United States),…