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Anna Nicolaou

US media correspondent

Anna Nicolaou is US media correspondent for the Financial Times and contributes to Scoreboard, the FT's premium briefing on the business of sport. She oversees the paper's coverage of US media companies out of the New York bureau, with a focus on streaming and how Silicon Valley has transformed Hollywood. She has reported on major changes at news and entertainment groups including Spotify, Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and Universal Music.

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  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
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    Insiders say the effect of the technology is akin to that of sharing site Napster in the early 2000s

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
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