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                Anna Nicolaou

                US media correspondent

                Anna Nicolaou is US media correspondent for the Financial Times and contributes to Scoreboard, the FT's premium briefing on the business of sport. She oversees the paper's coverage of US media companies out of the New York bureau, with a focus on streaming and how Silicon Valley has transformed Hollywood. She has reported on major changes at news and entertainment groups including Spotify, Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and Universal Music.

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                • Friday, 22 September, 2023
                  Rupert Murdoch
                  Rupert Murdoch resolves his own succession drama — for now

                  Family and strategic questions may test Lachlan Murdoch as he inherits the influential media empire

                  A montage of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch and the Fox News logo
                • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
                  Rupert Murdoch
                  Rupert Murdoch steps down as chair of Fox and News Corp

                  92-year-old media mogul hands over leadership to son Lachlan

                  Rupert Murdoch, left, with son Lachlan
                • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
                  Deezer SA
                  Deezer to raise prices as music streamers turn screws on consumers

                  Move comes as industry increases fees and era of cheap entertainment comes to an end

                  Deezer’s logo on a smartphone screen
                • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
                  Inside BusinessMedia
                  A dealmaking denouement is under way for the decline of TV

                  After investing in streaming, media groups are looking to offload traditional broadcasting operations

                  Walt Disney chief executive Bob Iger
                • Friday, 8 September, 2023
                  The Big Read
                  The incredible resilience of the music industry

                  Universal’s new deal on streaming royalties underscores how the major labels have remade themselves throughout the digital era

                  Montage of images with Lucian Grainge in the foreground and Kendrik Lamar, Billie Eilish and Rihanna in the background and Spotify and Deezer logos
                • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
                  Universal Music Group
                  Universal Music strikes deal to reshape streaming economics

                  Agreement with Deezer aims to boost royalties for artists and labels and reduce payouts for ‘noise’

                  Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour, at MetLife Stadium in New Rutherford, New Jersey, US
                • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
                  Warner Music Group Corp
                  Warner Music takes majority stake in label run by son of top rival

                  Elliot Grainge has criticised major record companies as ‘a conveyor belt’

                  The rapper Ice Spice perfroms
                • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
                  News in-depthCNN News Group
                  Mark Thompson faces ‘peak disruption’ as he takes CNN helm

                  Former New York Times and BBC chief must navigate falling ratings and questions about the network’s political positioning

                • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
                  Media
                  CNN names former BBC and New York Times head Mark Thompson as chief

                  British executive to lead the network as it seeks to move past a tumultuous period

                  Mark Thompson
                • Friday, 25 August, 2023
                  Person in the News
                  Oliver Anthony, overnight music star and conservative hero

                  With his unlikely hit, ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’, the singer has captured a moment of angst in the American body politic

                  An illustration of Oliver Anthony, singing and playing his guitar with his eyes closed, with the US flag behind him
                • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
                  Inside BusinessMedia
                  The damning verdict of viewers on US cable TV

                  Numbers of homes receiving service drops to 1992 levels as more and more Americans ‘cut the cord’

                  A person walks into the world headquarters for the Cable News Network in Atlanta, Georgia
                • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
                  CNN News Group
                  Ex-BBC and New York Times boss Thompson in talks to run CNN

                  Cable network has been searching for new head since Chris Licht’s ousting in June

                  Mark Thompson
                • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
                  Fox News Network
                  Trump’s Republican debate no-show deepens rift with Fox News

                  Cable network’s primetime audience has declined by more than 1mn since former US president’s time in office

                  Fox News host Bret Baier stands outside the Milwaukee venue for Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate
                • Monday, 21 August, 2023
                  Bloomberg LP
                  Bloomberg overhauls management with Mark Carney to lead new board

                  Chief operating officer JP Zammitt appointed president of Bloomberg LP and Vlad Kliatchko becomes chief executive

                  Michael Bloomberg
                • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
                  Streaming services
                  Hollywood calls time on golden era of cheap streaming

                  Top studios turn screws on customers with price rises that rival expensive cable TV bundles

                  Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri in the series ‘The Bear’
                • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
                  Artificial intelligence
                  Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI ‘deepfakes’

                  New technology that can mimic artists’ voices has been seen as growing threat

                  The logos of Universal and Google with photos of Drake and Taylor Swift
                • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
                  Walt Disney Co
                  Iger’s Disney comeback hampered by TV woes and box office flops

                  Streaming losses forecast to eat into profits when media group reports results this week

                  A montage of Bob Iger and the Disney logo in the background
                • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
                  Paramount
                  KKR in talks to buy publisher Simon & Schuster for more than $1.6bn

                  Paramount has been shopping the company since regulators blocked proposed deal with Penguin Random House

                  People browse a book store
                • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
                  Warner Bros Discovery, Inc
                  Warner Bros Discovery saves $100mn as Hollywood strikes keep costs down

                  Executives extol strategic focus on financial discipline as losses narrow in group’s streaming unit

                  Striking writers and actors walk with pickets outside Sunset Bronson studios in Los Angeles
                • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
                  Spotify Technology SA
                  Spotify hit by cost of unwinding aggressive podcast push

                  Group suffers overall loss of €302mn in three months to end of June

                  The Spotify company logo is displayed as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
                • Friday, 21 July, 2023
                  Inside BusinessMedia
                  Swifties and the Bey Hive: music companies seek to monetise the superfan

                  As show business suffers a ‘summer of hell’, the strong demand for live concerts points to revenue opportunities

                  Beyoncé performs in Warsaw
                • Wednesday, 19 July, 2023
                  Netflix Inc
                  Netflix’s password-sharing crackdown pays off with nearly 6mn new subscribers

                  Streaming service cites ‘steady progress’ towards goal of reinvigorating growth amid fierce competition

                  Still image from a Netflix TV show
                • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
                  Hipgnosis Songs Fund
                  Hipgnosis investors urge sale of music catalogues to shore up stock

                  Pop music assets pioneer is trading at less than half the $2.2bn valuation it ascribes to its portfolio

                  Rihanna
                • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
                  Inside BusinessSimon & Schuster Inc
                  Should private equity own Simon & Schuster?

                  Financial buyers look to have advantages in the battle to acquire the storied book publisher

                  Writer Colleen Hoover pictured in New York
                • Saturday, 17 June, 2023
                  Artificial intelligence
                  AI and media companies negotiate landmark deals over news content

                  Google and OpenAI are discussing agreements to pay publishers over using content to train generative AI models

                  Montage with News Corp, Axel Springer and New York Times logos, and with OpenAI and Google logos in the background. Woman on laptop in the front
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