Anna Nicolaou

Friday, 22 September, 2023

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

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

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

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

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’

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’

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

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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