Matt Hancock has the makings of a very considerable Culture Secretary, writes Raymond Snoddy – if he can wean himself off spurious pay comparisons.

Whether it’s sexual harassment or inequalities of pay, women in the media have started a long-overdue earthquake, writes Raymond Snoddy.

To stand any remote chance of appreciating the future you have to have a feeling for the past, writes Raymond Snoddy.

In his final column of the year, Ray Snoddy looks back at some of the most interesting and impactful media business stories of 2017.

It’s time to intensify debate about the full range of impacts social media is having on society, writes Raymond Snoddy.

As intriguing details about the billionaire octogenarian’s latest cunning plan emerge, Raymond Snoddy examines the plot twists.

Not even a long-range ballistic missile could stop the national papers from going potty over the Royal engagement news, writes Raymond Snoddy. Is it justified?

From labelling judges ‘Enemies of the People’, to calling MPs ‘collaborators’ and ‘mutineers’, public discourse through the press is fast deteriorating, writes Raymond Snoddy.

Dozens of countries are using armies of online opinion-shapers to try to manipulate democracies. The seriousness of the situation requires the most serious and open of responses from Google, Facebook and Twitter.

Following talks to sell parts of his empire, Raymond Snoddy wonders if the media mogul has launched a complex, three-dimensional chess game, or is simply succumbing to old age.