News Corp ends the platforms truce; Optus wins the EPL; the audio industry’s talent war; and a CMO responds

Welcome to Unmade, written in the UK, mostly while you were sleeping. (And then hastily re-edited to take in this morning’s Optus Sport news)

Remember that cosy new writing routine involving the superior sandwiches and free wifi of Pret A Manger that I mentioned yesterday? It immediately hit a speed bump. I arrived shortly after opening time to discover that the store has abruptly closed down.

The hospitality industry across the developed world is struggling to hire staff. It would appear that the owner of the Horsham franchise of Pret has opted to close altogether rather than pay its staff more. It’s fun to have a front row seat to watch late stage capitalism in action. In this case the seat was in Caffe Nero, across the cobbled street.

Happy International Men’s Day. It’s going to be a busy Friday for Richard Herring.