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Family and strategic questions may test Lachlan Murdoch as he inherits the influential media empire
Budget for news network’s digital service was not originally disclosed by WarnerMedia to incoming owner
...Patrick Barker, analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said other satellites typically offer very high sensitivity to emissions at fine spatial resolution or wide spatial coverage that allow the entire globe to be observed...
...What will be lost when the last carnival barker is succeeded by programmatic advertising that speaks not to us but to the digital shadows we cast?...
Co-chiefs Sarandos and Peters face challenge of delivering returns while keeping up with rapid changes in entertainment industry
...Additional reporting by Alex Barker, Patricia Nilsson and Eleanor Olcott in London...
Lossmaking streaming platforms and traditional channels face pivotal year in 2023, say analysts
...The first live sale of 59 of his most prized items — held on Wednesday night, the day after the musician would have turned 77 — was like no other, opening with the auctioneer Oliver Barker beating out the...
Markus Dohle says it is time to move on after proposed $2.2bn tie-up breaks down
Journalist moves within Murdoch group from editor of Sunday Times in London to New York role
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Companies walk away from book megamerger after a US judge deemed it anti-competitive
...Barker of Equimundo sees the emphasis on physical strength as “double-edged”....
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Cheaper $6.99 monthly price marks reversal of longstanding opposition to advertising
...(Goonhammer) — Militarised adaptation: trade, energy and war ecology (Phenomenal World) — Bit late to this, but Tim Barker FOIA’ed and published a rather interesting 1996 memo from Janet Yellen....
Crop of expensive fantasy adaptations from Amazon and HBO Max served up at subsidised prices
The streaming giant is reverting to industry norms when it comes to commissioning
...One answer: “The latest and greatest in a hallowed American tradition of carnival barkers and hustling self-promoters who had a showman’s eye for the outré and grotesque and outrageous.”...
$525mn purchase of politics and business publisher follows dealmaking wave for digital news groups
CEO David Zaslav says recently merged group will adopt ‘sensible’ approach as it reports $3.4bn quarterly loss
...Alex Barker is the FT’s global media editor....
...Unusually these days, the works are neither guaranteed to sell nor offered for charity, although Solinger “was an incredible philanthropist during his life”, Barker says....
World’s biggest streaming service upends strategy after its decade-long run of subscriber growth grinds to a halt
...Additional reporting by Alex Barker in London and Simeon Kerr in Dubai...
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