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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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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Sexual misconduct allegations
      New York law unleashes ‘avalanche’ of historic sexual abuse claims

      Almost 3,000 lawsuits have been filed in the year since the Adult Survivors Act passed

      E Jean Carroll arrives to a federal court house as the jury is expected to begin deliberations in the sexual assault and defamation civil lawsuit Carroll has brought against former president Donald Trump
    • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can Disney rediscover the magic?

      In his second act, Bob Iger must overcome streaming losses and investor pressure to pull off a new era of creativity

      Bob Iger with logos of the companies under the Disney banner
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Inside BusinessMedia
      A Fox test case looms for US media regulators

      The FCC is facing calls to hold a hearing on whether to renew the licence of Philadelphia station Fox-29

      People walk past Fox News posters
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      Walt Disney Co
      ValueAct stake adds to activist investor pressure on Disney

      Wall Street is pushing media groups to curb profligate spending and focus on streaming profits

      Disney sign on a building
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      News in-depthFox Corporation
      The 2020 legal baggage awaiting Lachlan Murdoch at Fox

      As the new chair completes his takeover, he must contend with unresolved claims hanging over the media company

      Montage of Fox logo and Lachlan Murdoch
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Warner Bros Discovery, Inc
      Warner Bros Discovery shares dive 19% after warning over debt target

      Plummet comes on news of tough advertising market and lingering effect of Hollywood strikes

      Timothée Chalamet in Warner Bros film ‘Wonka’
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Special ReportNext Tech Growth Markets
      North America set to keep its grip on music streaming

      Region dominates continued rise in global spending by subscribers but industry faces pricing challenges

      The Spotify website on a laptop computer
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      Taylor Swift
      Taylor Swift’s replica ‘1989’ surpasses sales of original album

      Debut of re-recorded work is biggest hit yet in artist’s project to regain ownership of her music

      Taylor Swift performing on stage
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      Home Box Office Inc.
      HBO boss admits using fake social media accounts to bash TV critics

      Casey Bloys says his ‘very dumb idea’ came while working from home during pandemic

      Casey Bloys
    • Wednesday, 1 November, 2023
      Walt Disney Co
      Disney moves to buy Comcast out of Hulu

      Offer of $8.6bn is expected to start heated valuation negotiations between the two media groups

      Montage of Brian Roberts, left, and Bob Iger, with the Hulu logo in the background
    • Wednesday, 25 October, 2023
      Hipgnosis Songs Fund
      Hipgnosis board under pressure as music pioneer faces crucial vote

      Group battles to persuade investors to continue backing its status as an investment trust

      Merck Mercuriadis
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Spotify Technology SA
      Spotify swings to profit after cutting costs and raising prices

      Audio streaming service adds 6mn subscribers in latest quarter, above Wall Street forecast of 4mn

      Spotify logo at a beach
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Inside BusinessMedia
      Hollywood turns inward

      Disney’s move to consider selling all or part of Indian operations points to a broader trend among the studios

    • Wednesday, 18 October, 2023
      Universal Music Group
      Universal Music sues Anthropic over AI-generated lyrics

      Lawsuit alleges Claude chatbot scraped songs without permission to produce ‘nearly identical’ copies

      Billie Eilish performing at Glastonbury in 2022
    • Tuesday, 17 October, 2023
      News Corp
      News Corp break-up would unlock $7bn in value, says activist Starboard

      Hedge fund wants Murdoch media group to spin off its online property listings business

      Jeff Smith, chief of Starboard, and Lachlan Murdoch, of News Corp
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Hipgnosis Songs Fund
      Hipgnosis shareholders object to $440mn rights deal

      Some investors believe the sale of music rights to a private sister fund owned by Blackstone undervalues the assets

    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Media
      Can Taylor Swift and Beyoncé save the year for cinemas?

      Movies of two blockbuster tours provide a much-needed boost in a difficult year of Hollywood strikes

      Taylor Swift on tour in Santa Clara, California
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Spotify Technology SA
      Spotify pushes into audiobooks in challenge to Amazon’s Audible

      Streamer looks to capture more of the market by bundling hours of free listening into monthly subscriptions

      A montage of someone listening using headphones and a smartphone and the logos of Audible and Spotify
    • 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
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