Hints and tips:
...Phil Spencer, chief of Microsoft Gaming, pointed to a recent report by tech author and investor Matthew Ball, showing that the games industry grew by less than 1 per cent last year....
...Rupert Murdoch’s News UK is expected to chase the Spectator having shown interest in buying the magazine in the past, according to Claire Enders of Enders Analysis....
...The price is Right In an email to journalists yesterday, Telegraph editor Chris Evans circulated this panel by the paper’s chief cartoonist, Matthew “Matt” Pritchett:https://twitter.com/MattCartoonist/status...
...Matthew Earl, managing partner of hedge fund ShadowFall, has been one of Future’s most outspoken critics....
...“Whether it is a sale, or more likely a partnership, is less important than the fact BT has now turned a corner in its journey,” said Matthew Howett, founder of Assembly Research....
...Douglas McCabe from Enders Analysis said The Athletic differs from older digital media companies in that it comes from “a completely different era of the development of the internet”....
...It has raised $140m from investors including Comcast Ventures, the investing arm of the media conglomerate and Hollywood firm Plus Capital, which is backed by stars such as Matthew McConaughey....
...Douglas McCabe at Enders Analysis said: “This is a very important moment for the magazine sector because if Zillah can make it work she will show there is a future for magazine brands.”...
...of Enders Analysis, in a nod to companies such as Setanta which tried, and failed, to build pay-TV businesses off the back of Premier League rights....
...Magna Global, a media buying agency, expects magazines’ global advertising revenues to fall 13 per cent this year, while Enders Analysis, a media research group, has warned that the consumer magazine market...
...Mr Murdoch’s newspapers are among those on Fleet Street that regularly criticise the BBC and reflect his own views about the broadcaster, according to Claire Enders of Enders Analysis, a media research firm...
...Claire Enders, of Enders Analysis, said any company hoping to launch a streaming service in Europe would have to talk to Sky and Comcast because of their scale and reach as distributors....
...But the debt may scare off potential bidders, said Douglas McCabe, analyst with Enders Analysis....
...Comcast’s purchase of Sky is priced significantly higher than some analysts had expected but Alice Enders of Enders Analysis said Sky’s move into broadband and its recent successful bid for a new Premier...
...high-wire act for Geordie Greig — to not alienate readers who have been consuming the forceful Paul Dacre line, yet make his mark by expressing some new thinking,” said Douglas McCabe, media analyst with Enders...
...“At one level no one wants to embrace a big profit decline,” said Douglas McCabe, media analyst at Enders Analysis....
...Claire Enders, of Enders Analysis, said BT’s immediate challenge was a potential “no deal” Brexit and the knock-on effect for its pension deficit, which stood at £4bn at the end of June....
...Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, sounded a bullish note on Thursday, telling the Enders/Deloitte telecoms and media conference that Mr Pritchard had been referring to taking back control of its...
...Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis, said that Fox has presented two very credible options to the CMA....
...Claire Enders, founder of media advisory Enders Analysis, joked that he might make a suitable candidate to replace Richard Scudamore as head of the Premier League given the amount of BT money he had spent...
...“Sky is an extraordinary success story,” says Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis, pointing to its record of increasing revenue at 5 per cent a quarter....
...Matthew.Garrahan@ft.com...
...“Sky adds the next layer for Disney,” says Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis. “It is the biggest pay-TV operator in Europe....
...Claire Enders, founder of Enders Analysis, agrees. “The CMA has fashioned something that can easily be removed. It’s a flexible set of proposals,” she said....
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