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  • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
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    iPod: technology’s ever changing beat Premium content

    Enduring love of retro will ensure portable music device’s survival even as US tech group discontinues it

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
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    The Netflix subscriber wobble raises new questions for Sony

    Consumer belt-tightening could favour the Japanese giant — though it may also prompt an uglier battle for market share

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
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    Graphics software could slash costs for Japanese group across its music, movie and gaming businesses

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
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    Ignore the metaverse. The real value in gaming is intellectual property

    Sony and Microsoft say recent deals will help create virtual worlds but the immediate prize is having the best games portfolio

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
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    Deal values Fortnite maker at $31.5bn as groups battle competition from Microsoft

  • Sunday, 6 March, 2022
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    The two companies arrived at their partnership in spite of their fiercely cherished independence.

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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    Both will benefit as they seek to close the big technology gap on global electric carmakers like Tesla

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
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    Japanese industrial groups expect to launch sales of car by 2025

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
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    Computers may topple our champions but there is humanity in their victories too

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    Sony bets on multiplayer games in battle with Microsoft

    Japanese tech giant plans push into live services titles

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
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    The Japanese electronics group’s acquisitions need to be more ambitious than this one

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
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    Sony buys Bungie for $3.6bn as dealmaking sweeps gaming sector

    Analysts say acquisition a defensive move that will give leverage against Microsoft

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    Google is facing a fresh complaint from Germany’s largest publishers and advertisers

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
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    Sony suffers fallout from Call of Duty deal

    ByteDance curbs investments, 5G runway limits, Bentley’s Flying Spur

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
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    Sony/Microsoft: Activision deal will activate copycat M&A wave Premium content

    Drop in the Japanese group’s shares looks overdone but a knee-jerk reaction is understandable

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
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    Has Sony become the entertainment group it always wanted to be?

    The Japanese corporation is on the cusp of full integration but critics say it needs to be wary of distractions like electric vehicles

  • Thursday, 6 January, 2022
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    Football’s future is in the metaverse

    Virtual stadiums will kick off a new debate over the sport’s ‘real’ fans

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    Sony launches electric vehicle unit to ‘explore entering’ market

    Shares rise as Japanese group unveils SUV prototype, joining other tech giants

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    Boom expected in ‘picks and shovels’ underpinning technologies such as headsets, sensors and chips

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    The latest in the Marvel franchise had third-biggest opening in history this weekend

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    The tech titans’ increasing strategic divergence is paving the way for an epic pincer movement

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  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
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    Potential rivals for multibillion-dollar contract include Disney, Facebook, Amazon and Reliance

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Sony Pictures India agrees to invest $1.6bn in merger with Zee Entertainment

    Non-binding deal comes as India’s biggest listed media group faces shareholder revolt

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