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The end of the Bob Iger era – what next for Disney?

Tim Mulligan

26 Feb 2020

Bob Chapek

Bob Iger

d2c

In February 2020, Disney announced that Bob Iger will step down from the Disney CEO role and become the executive chairman through to December 31st2021, with immediate effect. Bob Chapek, who has served as the chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, will assume the role of CEO.

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Could Google eat the e-sports media rights world?

Karol Severin

21 Feb 2020

esports

Business Strategy

Google entered a media rights partnership with Activision in January, including rights for the Overwatch League, Call of Duty League and HearthStone. Last week The Esports Observer reported on multiple sources which claimed the value of the deal to be $160 million paid over three years, including ri...

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Why the BBC finds itself in an existential battle for survival

Tim Mulligan

18 Feb 2020

Strategy

Video

BBC

On February 5thNicky Morgan, the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,announcedan eight-week public consultation on whether to decriminalise TV licence fee evasion (via Gov.uk ).

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Joining the D2C streaming wars is a do-or-die moment for ViacomCBS

Tim Mulligan

12 Feb 2020

CBS

d2c

Disney

Last Thursday CNBC reportedthat the newly-merged ViacomCBS is planning to launch its own direct-to-consumer (D2C) service, with a formal announcement to be made during the company’s forthcoming fourth quarter earnings conference call on February 20th.

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Tale of the tape: UFC or bundle driving ESPN+ adoption?

Alistair Taylor

11 Feb 2020

bundle

Disney

ESPN+

Walt Disney’s pureplay sports streaming service ESPN+, which launched back in April 2018, has surpassed 7.6 million paid subscribers, Disney ’s chief executive Bog Iger reported during last week’s earnings call.

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The politics of Twitter: Brands, news, and freedom of speech

Hanna Kahlert

10 Feb 2020

Marketing

Media

Business Strategy

With the president of the United States being Donald Trump, whose proclivity for social media usage is renowned, it comes as no surprise that Twitter has a hearty presence in news reporting in 2020. The role of social media in our digital lives is profound, and the impact on news has turned truth in...

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WMG to IPO: Here’s what you need to know

Mark Mulligan

7 Feb 2020

Access Industries

downtown music holdings

Len Blavatnik

Throughout the last decade, more than $10 billion has been invested into music catalogues. UMG bookended the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom with the Tencent-led $3 billion stake in its business, but was exceptional in that the majority of the investment was otherwise going into the independen...

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Spotify Q4 2019: First signs of the new Spotify

Mark Mulligan

5 Feb 2020

Artists direct

Spotify

spotify creator tools

Spotify’s Q4 2019 results reflect another strong quarter and a good year for Spotify. Look a bit deeper, however, and there are the first signs of the new company that Spotify is building – and they point to a very different and much bolder future.

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20 million is the magic number for Disney today

Tim Mulligan

4 Feb 2020

Disney

Video

Business Strategy

Today Disney announces its Q1 2020 numbers, with Wall Street expected to laser-focus upon the first available numbers for Disney+ since its launch on November 12th of 2019. Disney+ is the key direct-to-consumer (D2C) service underpinning Disney’s pivot into streaming, which it formally announced a...

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Schubert Music Is the latest publisher to push into recordings

Mark Mulligan

30 Jan 2020

music publishers

music publishing M+A

Record labels

Schubert Music Europe, the holding company of Schubert Music Publishing, today announced a deal with Sony’s independent label distribution division The Orchard. Under the deal, Schubert will distribute ten new record labels.

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Brand strategy: Choose the Koalas

Hanna Kahlert

29 Jan 2020

Business Strategy

At this year’s World Economic Forum recently convened in Davos, Switzerland, the subject of stakeholder capitalism over shareholder capitalism was a hotly debated topic, with themes of broader accountability and consideration at the fore.

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