i talked to Issa Rae about los angeles, why she's jaded about "diversity" in hollywood, and the protests. it was a dream!
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Anna Nicolaou
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scoop: UMG is talking w/ streamers to redraw the royalty model — which would revolutionise how musicians get paid from streaming.
ideas on the table:
- "superfan" subscription
- banning 31-second songs
- extra pool of $ for artists driving fan engagement
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I've been working with the incredible team on a brand new podcast all about dealmaking called The Closer and the trailer is out today!
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Scoop: News Corp is in advanced talks to sell Move, the property website company, to Costar in a deal valued in the low billions. It was part of the decision to scrap the fox merger. W/
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New: spotify is cutting 6% of staff. CEO Daniel Ek says: “in hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth”
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idk who needs to hear this but chatgpt can write a better song about montréal than boygenius
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2023 culture is the tv channel that brought us cozy treasures like gossip girl and gilmore girls now airing golf that Saudi Arabia is funding to make it less bad that they kill journalists
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we wrote about the deal that Nelson Peltz blames for Disney's "balance sheet from hell".
Disney decided to get into streaming. Rupert Murdoch got out. One of them now looks smart for it.
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hot girls get headaches
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only coverage of the Trian-Disney proxy fight with references to both Selena Gomez and Julius Randle
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scoop: Warner Bros is looking to sell its music library, which spans soundtracks to films like Batman. it's the latest move by Zaslav to make Warner leaner/squeeze money out of its IP.
sources say the catalogue could be worth more than $1bn
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you should read 's rundown of all the latest drama & dynamics in Murdochworld.
including my favourite subplot: the potential rising power of gen z Murdochs Grace & Chloe
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i am begging you to not send me an email with the word "folks" in it
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An ex-employee's attempt to gain a board seat at Warner Music has failed, but illustrates the prospect that new SEC rules offer activists an inexpensive way to gain investors' attention - story with &
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I was a trainee 13yrs ago and it changed my life. I’ve travelled the globe, interviewed some of the world’s most powerful people, made wonderful friends and had FUN. Not too shabby for the girl from Manor Park. Are you curious, dogged and interested in business/politics? Apply!
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Want to join us @FT ? Our grad trainee programme just opened for applications...
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An FT deep dive into how Adidas lost its lustre, the result of interviews with 17 former and current senior execs at Adidas, with insights into the inner workings of the German sportswear brand. Reported with the inimitable 🧵
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The Financial Times said in a statement: “Spying on reporters, interfering with their work or intimidating their sources is completely unacceptable. We’ll be investigating this story more fully before deciding our formal response.”
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TikTok owner ByteDance has admitted it inappropriately obtained the data of users - including that of my Financial Times colleague @CristinaCriddle - in order to analyse their location as part of an internal leaks investigation
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TikTok owner ByteDance has admitted it inappropriately obtained the data of users - including that of my Financial Times colleague - in order to analyse their location as part of an internal leaks investigation
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In August, I visited a town with out a bank.
The sole branch in Coffeeville, MS closed last year, decimating the local economy. It's one of 1,600+ "banking deserts" in the US, and many are predominately Black communities.
Watch our film 👇🏾
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"Mercuriadis promised that “we’re gonna get this fund to number one” while trotting out Bon Jovi band member Richie Sambora to perform Living on a Prayer to a room of investors and analysts."
v normal Hipgnosis update, by &
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Albie in white lotus = all the toxic Nice Guys™️ from my high school
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new: failed crypto billionaire sam bankman-fried wanted to pay taylor swift more than $100mn for FTX to sponsor her tour. he also wanted taylor to endorse FTX on social media (she said no).
cringe details from & :
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lovely to wake up to this: and I won an LA Press Club award for our profile of Universal Music's Lucian Grainge. thank you to and congrats to all the ace journalists honoured last night 🖤 5499fe.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/upl
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I want Emily In Montreal - a girl from Etobicoke moves to the city to work at SSENSE
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Last year, Disney agreed to pay Bob Iger $10mn “ advise” Bob Chapek — even though the two men were barely on speaking terms
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Tidbit: as of earlier as this month, Iger was telling confidantes he had no intention of returning to Disney
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new: in recent weeks Disney executives including CFO Christine McCarthy have been approaching the company's board with concerns about Chapek.
more details here w/
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The Trump era was very good for business.
Now, CNN's board wants it to pivot to "neutral". That's more important to them than profit, which has fallen off a cliff. 2022 profit estimated $700mn, down almost $500mn from the peak
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CNN wants to stay neutral in a divided America. Will anyone watch? via
Deep dive into CNN (and Warner Bros Discovery) by , and me
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new: Sean Hannity is trying to avoid sharing some information in a billion-dollar lawsuit against Fox News, citing "reporter's privilege". but in the past, he has denied being a journalist.
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Sign of the times.
Home Depot market cap is larger than Facebook/Meta.
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aftersun is easily best film of the year
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per an FT commenter: "A story to bring a warm feeling to your heart on an Autumn morning :-)"
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the feed is squarely split between people talking about democracy vs people still talking about crypto this morning
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Breaking News: John Fetterman won Pennsylvania’s Senate race, flipping the seat for Democrats. He beat Mehmet Oz, the Trump-endorsed celebrity doctor, after surviving a near-fatal stroke in May. nyti.ms/3UHW46G
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In a note to staff today, Bloomberg EIC John Micklethwait said that recent changes at Twitter have “heightened the risk of using the platform as a source of news.”
He also said the company would not allow staff to expense a Twitter Blue account.
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