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Wednesday, 26 February, 2020

AnalysisStreaming services

Discovery channels streaming strategy through reality TV

US media group focusing on content overlooked by heavyweights such as Disney and AT&T

Tuesday, 25 February, 2020

Streaming services

US music sales set 13-year record after streaming surge

Services such as Spotify and Apple Music accounted for 80% of revenues last year

Monday, 24 February, 2020

Reach PLC

Reach embarks on data push to counter falling ad sales

Owner of Daily Mirror and Express wants to increase number of registered users sevenfold

Thursday, 20 February, 2020

Media

ViacomCBS shares plunge after unexpected loss

Recombined company’s debut results showed challenges for media’s mid-tier in age of Netflix

Monday, 17 February, 2020

Data protection

Technology creates new ways to live on after we die

Researchers call for more clarity in managing our digital and genetic afterlife

Saturday, 15 February, 2020

AnalysisStreaming services

Music titans tune into rising valuations

Prospective listings from Warner and Universal arms will indicate industry’s worth

Friday, 14 February, 2020

Google Inc

Google in talks with French publishers on paying for news

Le Monde and Le Figaro are among the groups involved in early discussions

Thursday, 13 February, 2020

Apple Inc

Former HBO chief’s new hire hints at Apple plan

Exclusive: Richard Plepler recruits NY literary agent Heather Karpas to production venture

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Thursday, 6 February, 2020

AnalysisFT Alphaville

Spotify: in tune

The streaming service’s attempts to diversify its revenue base seem to be on track.

Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

Spotify Technology SA

Spotify to buy The Ringer as it steps up podcast push

Acquisition of sport-focused group comes as streaming giant struggles for profit

Wednesday, 5 February, 2020

Spotify Technology SA

Spotify looks beyond music in search of a profit

Contracts with record labels crimp streaming service’s hopes of making money from podcasts

Wednesday, 29 January, 2020

AT&T Inc

Streaming battle weighs on AT&T’s revenues

Media group makes costly investments in HBO Max service as TV cord-cutting accelerates

Sunday, 26 January, 2020

LexNetflix Inc

BBC/Netflix: Auntie Sally Premium

Over 13m in the UK pay for a streaming service, almost 26m households pay for a TV licence

Saturday, 25 January, 2020

AnalysisHollywood

Hollywood ‘sequelitis’ and why pay-TV follows a different script

Decades-long trend of film sequels is not abating, but the big studios may be willing to chase some of their smaller rivals

Friday, 24 January, 2020

Camilla Cavendish

The BBC must go back to doing what it does best

It has become flabby and bureaucratic, but we would miss the corporation if we lost it

Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Bytedance

ByteDance moves step closer to launching music service

Chinese owner of video app TikTok signs licensing deal with independent record labels

Thursday, 23 January, 2020

Davos 2020

US and France agree deal on digital tax

Le Maire and Mnuchin reach truce in talks to transform how multinationals are taxed

Wednesday, 22 January, 2020

Amazon.com

Amazon Music subscriber numbers close in on Apple

Ecommerce giant’s streaming service has 55m users in an increasingly crowded market

Tuesday, 21 January, 2020

Netflix Inc

Netflix’s US subscriber growth slows amid new competition

Non-US viewers help streaming service top analyst forecasts, but domestic market drags

Tuesday, 21 January, 2020

The Athletic hits $500m valuation after latest fundraising

US sports site plans to hire more overseas reporters after push into English Premier League coverage

Saturday, 18 January, 2020

AnalysisMedia

Hollywood holds ‘vigil’ as cinema feels the squeeze

Industry says unusually strong 2019 releases concealed the wretched state of business

Friday, 17 January, 2020

FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen

Alphabet $1tn, Peacock streaming, Italian birth rates

Investors catapulted Alphabet’s stock market value above $1tn for the first time on Thursday

Thursday, 16 January, 2020

Streaming services

NBC unveils streaming service that is more like TV

Comcast-owned broadcaster launches Peacock, which many customers can watch for free

Sunday, 12 January, 2020

Tony Hall

The BBC’s formula for success relies on the funding model

A vision for Global Britain must include the corporation, its unique reach and role in UK creative industries

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