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Anna Nicolaou

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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, 21 December, 2023
    Media
    Warner Bros and Paramount CEOs hold exploratory merger talks

    A deal could combine CNN and CBS while letting the indebted media groups cut streaming costs

    Photo montage of David Zaslav of Warner Bros Discovery and Shari Redstone of Paramount Global
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Walt Disney Co
    Nelson Peltz enlists former Disney CFO for battle with Bob Iger

    Activist hedge fund Trian says current board is too close to long-tenured chief executive

    Montage of Bob Iger and Nelson Peltz with Disney castle in background
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Inside BusinessSpotify Technology SA
    How Spotify won its streaming war but lost a quarter of its staff

    Sharp change in tone from CEO Daniel Ek shows the platform’s need to turn popularity into profit

    Daniel Ek
  • Thursday, 14 December, 2023
    Private equity
    Rising rates rock private equity’s billion-dollar bets on music

    Wall Street firms that had been vying to snap up song rights have slowed their buying considerably

    Shakira
  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
    KKR & Co LP
    KKR hires bankers after approaches for its song rights catalogue

    An auction would test Wall Street’s appetite for music royalties as higher rates hit valuations

    Bruce Springsteen, left, and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt
  • Saturday, 9 December, 2023
    Media
    Redstone weighs options for Paramount as Skydance eyes bid for studio

    Hollywood production company’s shares up nearly 40% over month as deal speculation mounts

    Tom Cruise in a fighter jet in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
  • Monday, 4 December, 2023
    Spotify Technology SA
    Spotify to cut almost a fifth of staff in efficiency drive

    Chief Daniel Ek says music streaming service’s costs too high

    The Spotify website on a laptop computer
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    Walt Disney Co
    Disney clashes with Nelson Peltz as activist launches new proxy battle

    Company says Trian is working with ousted executive who has ‘personal agenda’ against CEO Bob Iger

    Nelson Peltz
  • 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
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