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...“News Corp, Time Warner, Bertelsmann, Condé Nast . . . everyone is after us,” Smith told the Financial Times in 2012. The biggest old media conglomerates piled in....
...“Three years from now, we see maybe a moderating in the demand hours for production,” he told investors, as he pitched WarnerMedia’s streaming service from the historic Warner Bros studio lot where Casablanca...
...the music....
...Its ultimate claim to fame is hosting more than $30bn in sales in a single day in November. But Taobao is selling much more than just retail goods....
...“You want to be a part of that conversation, and you can’t be if you wait for it to hit the small screen.”...
...If you are looking for another FT newsletter, we recommend getting the Best of Lex email which is sent out on Friday afternoons. Guy Hands faces the music Please forgive me....
...Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, good evening. Or as we say in Japanese: Konbanwa....
...Disney’s massive size also makes it a possible contender for the whole of Time Warner, which would bulk up an already diverse portfolio of television and movie production as well as broadcast and cable channels...
...Time Warner and its rivals, such as Viacom and News Corp, were once the lead players in the era of “big media” – vast, disparate conglomerates that owned everything from music companies to cable operators...
...A big, gregarious man, Mr Mosko has the frame of an NFL linebacker, although he prefers golf, early morning yoga sessions and spinning classes to pumping iron....
...It is, you’d have to admit, a pretty good name, writes Edwin Heathcote. It sounds like something Wile E. Coyote might attempt to clobber Road Runner with. Or perhaps some device from Dr Seuss....
...He’s a sweet old guy.I don’t agree with Roger Ailes and Fox News but you have to give Rupert his due. The guy is a shark.” Um, you mean in a good way? I say. “Yeah. He’s a murderer – in a good way....
...Happy Birthday To You” to “Crazy”....
...And then, the next morning, the person who bought your house turned around and sold it for $2m (using the agent to sell it, naturally). How would you feel if your agent did that? Shafted.”...
...After all, that’s what happened in the music industry.”...
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...Some of the biggest media companies in the world have come to depend on Cowell and Fuller, with News Corp, Sony and Universal Music Group among those jockeying for position....
...In 2006, reflecting on working women, she told the FT: “In Sweden, to be a truly successful woman you should have a good job, look after your children – of which you should have three – make good food, go...
...Warner Music’s chairman has had to face his own credit issues in recent months, cutting the dividend to be sure of not running into any trouble with its banking covenants, but reiterated at Communacopia...
...Other production costs can also be cut....
...The newslist now is led by EMI, which this morning said it had received a takeover approach from Warner Music....
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...music....
...Their last legal case was settled in 1991 with an agreement that Apple Corp’s lawyer summarised this week in London’s High Court as: “We do music, you do computer delivery systems”....
...Cuddliest Harold “Ty” Warner, 62 $4.4bn, Beanie Babies Chicago, Illinois A good six years after the Beanie Babies craze, many people still find Harold “Ty” Warner’s success absolutely baffling....
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