Bro 'N Sis Music Inc

Warner Bros Discovery scales back music sale as bids fall short

...The Warner Bros movie studio created a music division in the 1950s. In 2004 parent company Time Warner sold the music division, but the group retained its copyrights to a trove of songs....

March 31, 2023

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc

Warner Bros Discovery weighs sale of music library to pare debt

...The Warner Bros movie studio created a music division in the 1950s....

January 12, 2023

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LexWarner Bros Entertainment Inc

Warner Bros/Paramount: bloated structures should curb ambitions

...The allure of the streaming entertainment era is the opportunity to consume shows and music à la carte. Media mergers and acquisitions should proceed similarly....

December 21, 2023

Leonard Blavatnik

Leonard Blavatnik’s entertainment empire plans media acquisition spree

...Shares in Warner Bros Discovery slumped earlier this month after the entertainment group warned it was “unlikely” to meet its goals for paying off debt, against the backdrop of rising interest rates....

November 19, 2023

John Gapper

Barbie is a brand that keeps changing with the times

...A needle scratches, the music stops and they stare blankly: clearly not....

July 7, 2023

News in-depthNetEase Inc

NetEase’s ‘Eggy Party’ success leaves gaming rival Tencent scrambling for hits

...“This is not a ‘bro’ game but a ‘sis’ game,” she said, adding that she enjoyed the user-generated content that allows players to create their own gaming worlds....

July 24, 2023

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Barbie film review — Greta Gerwig’s day-glo comedy gives Mattel the last laugh

...And the music stops — as it would....

July 18, 2023

The Weekend Essay

How will TV’s streaming wars end?

...Having disrupted the music industry, books, travel, banking, taxis — you know the list by now — the Valley came for Tinseltown....

October 7, 2023

FT SeriesThe world according to Kate Moss

Courtney Love: ‘I went through 280 macarons last week’

...I also have the Emily Brontë and Anne Boleyn roses from David Austin Roses and a rock ’n’ roll rose, with red and white stripes. The other thing is walking....

May 12, 2023

Digital currencies

The Crypt, updated

...Tony Blair to N.F.L star Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Giselle Bundchen....

August 16, 2023

Transcript

Inside porn’s star chamber

...Act two: Playing God [MUSIC PLAYING] Patricia NilssonThis series has been about power. We’ve met a cast of secretive pornographers, ruthless bankers, supercharged tech bros....

January 20, 2023

US equities

Netflix shares fall almost 40% after subscribers warning

...Music streaming service Spotify slid almost 10 per cent....

April 20, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions

US probes Activision CEO’s brunch meeting with trader before Microsoft deal

...Geffen is one of the world’s most successful music producers, working with artists such as Jackson Browne, Bob Dylan and Guns N’ Roses....

April 1, 2022

Activision Blizzard Inc

US probes Diller and Geffen over Activision trades before $75bn merger

...Geffen was one of the most successful music producers from the 1970s into the 1990s, working with artists such as Jackson Browne and releasing hit records for Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Guns N’ Roses....

March 9, 2022

Mergers & Acquisitions

JAB’s casual dining group Panera set to return to public market

...JAB bought Einstein Bros Bagels and Caribou Coffee in 2014 and 2013 respectively. The three companies were brought under the Panera Brands name this year....

November 9, 2021

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Studio wars: battle of the streamers sparks real estate frenzy

...Yet the storied Hollywood studios — Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros, Disney and Sony — have held on to their legendary studio lots, where classics such as Casablanca and The Sound of Music were filmed....

December 15, 2021

Music

Can parenthood give birth to great music?

...Hopefully that creates a tension with the upbeat and hooky music we make.”...

February 2, 2021

News in-depthNetflix Inc

Why Netflix is moving into gaming

...“Whether you are a video, games, music, sports or a social media proposition, you ultimately compete for the same entertainment time and money.”...

July 24, 2021

FT Magazine

The Englishman trying to save American bookstores from Amazon

...Both B&N and Waterstones, owned by the music retailer HMV between 1998 and 2011, tried to match Amazon with heavy promotions and three-for-two offers....

June 3, 2021

Fashion

Financial crisis fashion: the boom in Lehman Brothers merch

October 27, 2020

News in-depthThe Big Read

Why growing outcry over harassment threatens South Korea’s cultural push

...BTS — a seven-member boy band formed 10 years ago by Big Hit founder Bang Si-hyuk — has propelled K-pop to the top of US music charts....

September 13, 2020

Jo Ellison

Generation TikTok comes of age

...In other acts of political subversion, K-pop Stans (or superfans, named after the 2000 Eminem song) have been spamming the #whitelivesmatter hashtag with music videos and posts, and matched a $1m donation...

June 26, 2020

The best of TV and streaming this week

I Am Not Okay With This, Netflix — a rites-of-passage tale turns supernatural

...Little bro Liam (Aidan Wojtak-Hissong) is adorable, as is his pet hedgehog, Banana. They are poor, though, “stuck with scratch-offs and bottle caps n’shit”....

February 21, 2020

Lunch with the FT

John McFarlane: ‘What do you do? You put a plant in that corner’

...I assume, given the leaving-do concert and the abortive music career (which he quit for the not-very-rock-‘n’-roll option of studying commerce at Edinburgh University) that he must be a passionate musician...

June 26, 2020

LexAT&T Inc

Elliott/AT&T: activist calling Premium

...Please tell us what you think of Elliott/AT&T n the comments section below....

September 9, 2019

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