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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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  • 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
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Live Nation Entertainment Inc
    US says it is ‘time to break up’ Ticketmaster parent Live Nation

    Antitrust lawsuit alleges group has used its dominance to exploit fans and artists and ‘suffocate its competition’

    Fans at a music and arts festival
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    Paramount: the takeover battle that could reshape Hollywood

    The tussle for the venerable studio has been billed as the money men against the creatives, but the outcome may help decide who survives in the streaming era

    Montage image of David Ellison and Shari Redstone, the Paramount logo and a Wall St sign
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Fox Corporation
    Fox hopes for US election ad boost after ‘disappointing’ primary season

    CEO Lachlan Murdoch ‘extremely confident’ campaigns funds will flow to local television stations

    Pennsylvania senator John Fetterman with Fox News host Bret Baier
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Walt Disney Co
    Disney shares fall 9.5% despite first profit in core streaming business

    Company warns post-pandemic travel boom could be running out of steam

    A scene from ‘The Bear’ with actors Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    Paramount Global
    James Cameron and Ari Emanuel back Skydance bid for Paramount

    Endorsements from Hollywood’s biggest names come as Sony and Apollo push rival $26bn offer

    A scene from ‘Titanic’
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Person in the News
    Shari Redstone, a media scion weighing the future of her ravaged empire

    The Paramount executive must decide on whether to sell the family business and to whom

    A middle-aged woman holds a carton of pop corn with Paramount written on the label as a male hand reaches for the pop corn
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Life and Art from FT Weekend podcast17 min listen
    Why Olivia Rodrigo might be our last pop superstar

    Unpacking the music industry’s biggest fears with US media correspondent Anna Nicolaou

  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Skydance sweetens Paramount bid as Bakish departs

    Chief executive leaves in sign of disarray at Hollywood group

    Shari Redstone
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    Paramount Global
    Paramount expected to fire CEO Bob Bakish after clash with Shari Redstone

    Company weighs deal with Skydance as Sony and Apollo prepare counterbid

    Bob Bakish
  • Saturday, 27 April, 2024
    Social Media
    Bob Diamond sets sights on rivalling TikTok with social media start-up

    Former Barclays boss to chair lossmaking video platform that claims $3bn value

    Bob Diamond and Snoop Dogg against logo of Triller logo
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Harvey Weinstein
    Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction in New York overturned on appeal

    State appeals court found mistakes in prosecution of former film mogul that gave momentum to #MeToo movement

    Harvey Weinstein
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Spotify grows up

    Spotify turned its largest quarterly profit ever after cutting costs

  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Spotify Technology SA
    Spotify hits record quarterly profit as it enters ‘new phase’

    Pioneer of music streaming kicks off more mature era for its business after years of freer spending

    A pair of headphones resting on a laptop showing the Spotify website on its screen
  • Sunday, 21 April, 2024
    Taylor Swift
    Taylor Swift’s new album sells 1.6mn copies in US in single day

    Large proportion of sales come from traditional vinyl and CD formats

    ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    InterviewCNN News Group
    CNN’s Mark Thompson: ‘There’s plenty of things we have to fix’

    Veteran media executive wants 24-hour cable news network to embark on digital overhaul

    Montage of Mark Thompson and CNN logo
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