London

===Media and technology===
{{main|Media in London}}

[[File:Broadcasting House 20160816.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Broadcasting House]], headquarters of the [[BBC]]]]
Media companies are concentrated in London, and the media distribution industry is London's second most competitive sector.<ref name="london_114">{{Cite web |url= http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2CAE66FB-2DD5-41A5-B916-8FFC37276059/0/BC_RS_lpuk_0511_FR.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060525075622/http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2CAE66FB-2DD5-41A5-B916-8FFC37276059/0/BC_RS_lpuk_0511_FR.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2006 |title=London's Place in the UK Economy, 2005–6 |date=November 2005 |website=Oxford Economic Forecasting on behalf of the Corporation of London |page=19 |access-date=19 June 2006}}</ref> The [[BBC]], the world's oldest national broadcaster, is a significant employer, while other broadcasters, including [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], [[Channel 4]], [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]], and [[Sky UK|Sky]], also have headquarters around the city. Many [[List of newspapers in the United Kingdom|national newspapers]], including ''[[The Times]]'', founded in 1785, are edited in London; the term [[Fleet Street]] (where most national newspapers operated) remains a [[metonym]] for the British national press.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Solesbury |first1=William |title=World Cities, City Worlds |date=2018 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |page=5}}</ref> The communications company [[WPP plc|WPP]] is the world's largest advertising agency.<ref>{{cite news |title=The world's biggest ad agency is going all in on AI with Nvidia's help |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/29/tech/nvidia-wpp-ai-advertising/index.html |access-date=21 March 2024 |publisher=CNN}}</ref>

A large number of technology companies are based in London, notably in [[East London Tech City]], also known as Silicon Roundabout. In 2014 the city was among the first to receive a [[geoTLD]].<ref>{{Cite press release |date=10 June 2013 |title=London gets go ahead for new '.london' internet domain |url= http://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2013/130610-london-gets-go-ahead-for-new-london-internet-domain |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130614213446/http://www.londonandpartners.com/media-centre/press-releases/2013/130610-london-gets-go-ahead-for-new-london-internet-domain |archive-date=14 June 2013 |access-date=28 March 2021 |publisher= [[London & Partners]]}}</ref> In February 2014 London was ranked as the European City of the Future in the 2014/15 list by ''[[fDi Intelligence]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McReynolds |first=Cathy |date=17 February 2014 |title=European Cities and Regions of the Future 2014/15 |work=fDiIntelligence.com |location=London |url= http://www.fdiintelligence.com/Locations/Europe/European-Cities-and-Regions-of-the-Future-2014-15 |access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref> A museum in [[Bletchley Park]], where [[Alan Turing]] was based during World War II, is in [[Bletchley]], {{convert|40|mi|adj=off}} north of central London, as is [[The National Museum of Computing]].<ref>{{cite news |title=UK computer history gets new home |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6291422.stm|date=11 July 2007|access-date=4 July 2022 |work=BBC}}</ref>

The gas and electricity distribution networks that manage and operate the towers, cables and pressure systems that deliver energy to consumers across the city are managed by [[National Grid plc]], [[SGN (company)|SGN]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gas distributors |url= https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/gas/distribution-networks/gb-gas-distribution-network |publisher=Ofgem |access-date=19 January 2016 |date=20 June 2013 }}</ref> and [[UK Power Networks]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Electricity distributor |url= http://www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/Our-company/electricity/Distribution-Network-Operator-Companies/ |publisher=National Grid |access-date=19 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140914184550/http://www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/Our-company/electricity/Distribution-Network-Operator-Companies/ |archive-date=14 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>