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Could Spotify Buy Universal?

Mark Mulligan

11 May 2018

Alphabet

Amazon

AOL

Vivendi is reported to be proposing to its board a plan for spinning out Universal Music. It is certainly the right time for a spin off (always sell before the peak), but a full divestment would leave...

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The Internet’s Adolescence: The Real World Catches Up Eventually

Mark Mulligan

19 May 2017

AOL

Apple

Facebook

I started my career as an internet analyst back in the period of the dot-com bubble. They were heady days in which anything seemed possible. The world was changing in unprecedented ways and the possibilities...

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Why CNN has Acquired A Video Start Up Founded By A YouTuber

Tim Mulligan

29 Nov 2016

AOL

Bebo

Beme

Monday’s announcement by CNN that is has agreed to acquire Beme the social media app created by YouTuber Casey Neistat shouldn’t come as a surprise. The deal represents a tie up of the old media world...

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