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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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  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
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    Francine Pascal, author, 1932-2024

    Creator of the Sweet Valley High young adult fiction phenomenon put books in the hands of a generation of girls

    Francine Pascal in her New York City home in 2002
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Universal Music Group
    Universal Music shares slump 20% after streaming revenue growth slows

    Rival Warner Music also falls amid fear that years of rapid growth are over

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  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
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    Culture chat: celebrating pop girl summer, from Brat to Chappell Roan

    We dissect this summer’s explosion of pop girls, including Charli XCX’s album ‘Brat’ and pop sensation Chappell Roan

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    CNN News Group
    CNN cuts jobs as part of digital overhaul

    Mark Thompson aims to turn around broadcaster by consolidating newsrooms and streaming more digital content

    A person walks past the CNN logo outside their studios inside the Turner Entertainment Networks in Atlanta
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    InterviewParamount Global
    Ellison says Paramount will become ‘media and tech’ company

    Son of Oracle founder believes technology will be crucial to transforming the struggling studio’s fortunes

    David Ellison
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Paramount Pictures Corp
    Paramount agrees Skydance merger in end to Redstone era

    Ellison family and US investment group RedBird to invest $8bn in group

    A montage of the images of Shari Redsone, David Ellision, the Paramount Pictures logo and a scene from ‘Top Gun’
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Robo DJ: YouTube invests in AI-generated music

    The streaming giant is in talks with record labels over an artificial intelligence music deal

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    News in-depthJoe Biden
    Katzenberg faces ire of Hollywood donors after Biden debate

    Film mogul is central to president’s fundraising efforts but has been accused of concealing Biden’s condition

    Jeffrey Katzenberg
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Paramount and Skydance renew merger talks with sweetened offer

    New deal not certain and shareholders in Hollywood group have 45-day ‘go shop’ right to seek better terms

    A view of a water tank with the Paramount Studios logo in Los Angeles, California
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Hipgnosis Songs Fund
    Hipgnosis founder Mercuriadis to step down after Blackstone deal

    Chair of group set up to manage music rights will exit when $1.6bn purchase is completed

    Merck Mercuriadis
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Trump-Biden debate draws smaller audience as voters tune out US election

    Many media outlets have seen dwindling interest in their coverage of this year’s presidential contest

    People watch the presidential debate at a watch party in New York City on June 27 2024
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    YouTube Inc
    YouTube in talks with record labels over AI music deal

    Licensing negotiations come as industry wrestles with legal and creative impact of artificial intelligence

    YouTube CEO Neal Mohan speaks onstage during YouTube Brandcast 2024
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    News in-depthJeff Bezos
    Amazon, the NFL and the Post: Bezos’s plans for Washington hit trouble

    Turmoil at newspaper that billionaire bought 11 years ago is his latest setback in US capital

    Jeff Bezos at a ceremony in 2016 celebrating The Washington Post’s move to a new building
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Media
    Washington Post publisher Will Lewis retains links to PR firm that bears his initials

    Under-fire media executive advised investors, business people and politicians

    Will Lewis
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    The Washington Post
    Winnett withdraws from Washington Post editorship amid newsroom revolt

    CEO Will Lewis’s former Telegraph colleague was due to join the US broadsheet in November

    People walk pat the Washington Post building
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Jeff Bezos
    Bezos supports embattled Washington Post chief in memo to staff

    Billionaire owner says business practices must evolve after $77mn loss but pledges to maintain ethical standards

    Jeff Bezos in the foreground, with an image of him projected on a screen in the background
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Inside BusinessMedia
    Lack of Trump bump adds to pressures on US media

    With shrinking audiences, the industry now has to face its latest potential threat — AI

    A Google logo at a data center exhibition
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    News in-depthParamount Global
    Mission Impossible: how talks to sell Paramount turned into a Titanic flop

    Early affinity between billionaire scions Shari Redstone and David Ellison devolved into stony silence as deal collapsed

    Montage of Shari Redstone, David Ellison, Paramount logo and still image from the Top Hun and Mission Impossible films
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    National Amusements Inc
    Redstone ends talks with Skydance over deal to control Paramount

    Decision to halt chaotic sale process has left future of storied Hollywood group hanging in the balance

    Shari Redstone
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Media
    Edgar Bronfman Jr joins billionaires circling Paramount owner

    Private equity group Bain said to back $2bn-plus approach for Shari Redstone’s National Amusements

    Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, California
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    News in-depthNewspaper industry
    US newsrooms are in trouble: are these British journalists the answer?

    Outsiders are challenging cultures and business models at news outlets from The Washington Post to CNN

    A montage of Will Lewis, Emma Tucker and Mark Thompson and the logos of The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and CNN
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Redstone leaves investors guessing as Paramount and Skydance agree terms

    Controlling shareholder of Hollywood group states ‘confidence’ in co-chiefs pitching to keep company private

    A view of Paramount Studios’ water tank in Los Angeles, California
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Paramount directors support sweetened offer from Ellison’s Skydance

    Final decision over Hollywood studio group rests with controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

    Shari Redstone
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Sony Music Entertainment Inc
    Sony Music in talks to buy Queen’s music catalogue for $1bn

    Japanese group creates financial partner as it seeks to purchase British rock band’s songs

    Shirtless Freddie Mercury in white pants and holding Union Jack flag
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Person in the News
    Scarlett Johansson, the Hollywood star taking on OpenAI

    Going head to head with a powerful company is a role the actor has played before

    Illustration of Scarlett Johansson with her finger on her lips against a background of the OpenAi logo and soundwaves
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