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...Closing up shop The reeling back of Amazon’s brick and mortar ambitions shows that disruption is harder than it looks — even for tech giants, the FT’s Brooke Masters writes....
...However, Google also has a long history of closing down ambitious new projects, as well as shutting promising companies it acquires....
...In this column, my colleague Robin Wigglesworth explores whether this year will truly, finally be “the year of the stockpicker”. 10 unmissable stories this week Ministers are closing in on a deal with...
...Ms Longcroft accused Canberra of pandering to large news conglomerates, such as News Corp, whose titles are supportive of Australia’s conservative government....
...Alex Barker reports today on how profits at the Independent have overtaken those at the bigger newspaper title the Telegraph....
...Falling advertising revenues have hit local newspaper publishers particularly hard, with 245 titles closing in the UK between 2005 and 2018, according to the Press Gazette....
...Sarandos has pushed cinema chains to be more flexible with the way they release titles....
...The stock and cash deal will value Starz shares at $32.73 each, representing a 15 per cent premium to the stock’s closing price on Wednesday....
...Against this backdrop, the possibility of investment by state-backed Everbright could seem very tempting for Liverpool, and present a short-cut to closing the gap on their wealthier Premier League rivals...
...The stock and cash deal values Starz shares at $32.73 each, representing a 15 per cent premium to Wednesday’s closing price....
...Forwarded Facebook shutters Paper After announcing it was de-emphasising news in its news feed this week, Facebook is now closing the Paper app....
...However, it opted for Dow as it had greater certainty of closing the deal....
...Textron shares climbed as much as 4.9 per cent before closing 3.79 per cent higher at $38.58 in New York as the three main US equity indices made modest gains....
...“I equate ‘free’ with the decline of the music business,” he recently told Hits, a music industry trade title. “In general, free is death.”...
...Rivals Condé Nast, which owns the venerable Vogue and Vanity Fair titles, and Hearst are both privately held. Time Warner shares closed up 1.25 per cent to $68.99....
...People familiar with the auction said BMG was closing in on that deal, but cautioned that no agreement had been signed....
...The decision came after abortive talks to put most of the magazines into a joint venture with Meredith, an Iowa group that publishes female-focused titles such as Better Homes and Gardens....
...Charging for news online had been seen by many as the preserve of specialist titles, notably financial news brands such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, but the model has been adopted...
...“We look forward to closing the transaction so that we can begin leading the Cubs to a World Series title,” said Joseph Ricketts....
..."These titles have such great public awareness that we are virtually guaranteed [strong] opening weekends," Mr Arad said. "Then we'll make sequels."...
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