To start a new section, hold down the apple+shift keys and click to release this object and type the section title in the box below. Endnotes 1. Ranked by their most recently reported annual revenue, as available on 30 April 2016. 2. Strong year for UK publishing industry as it grows to £4.4bn, The Publishers Association, 13 May 2016: http://www.publishers.org.uk/policy-and-news/news-releases/2016/strong-year-for-uk-publishing-industry-as-it- grows-to-44bn/ 3. British artists dominate global music sales in 2015, British Phonographic Industry, 8 February 2016: http://www.bpi.co.uk/media-centre/british-artists-dominate-global-music-sales-in-2015.aspx 4. Includes impact of EMI sale of part of business in 2014 5. GDP growth at current prices, Q4 2011-Q4 2014, Office for National Statistics. Data available at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp 6. Profit after tax 7. Media groups brace for lower advertising spend, Investors Chronicle. 28 April 2016: http://www. investorschronicle.co.uk/2016/04/28/shares/news-and-analysis/media-groups-brace-for-lower-advertisingspend- fa1AZJ0jw2BfFNyRjGPz3H/article.html 8. UK Market Statistics, Entertainment Retailers Association, 2016. See: http://www.eraltd.org/info-stats/overview.aspx 9. Ebook sales falling for the first time, finds new report, The Guardian, 3 February 2016: http://www.theguardian. com/books/2016/feb/03/ebook-sales-falling-for-the-first-time-finds-new-report 10. UK market statistics, Entertainment Retailers Association, 2016. See: http://www.eraltd.org/info-stats/overview.aspx 11. WPP 2015 Annual Report. May 2016. See: http://www.wpp.com/wpp/investor/financials/reports/ 12. Losses point to bleak future for music streaming services, The Financial Times, 3 December 2015: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/160ad860-9840-11e5-95c7-d47aa298f769.html#axzz49qPsSIuQ 13. Verisk Analytics, Inc. Announces Closing of Wood Mackenzie Acquisition, Verisk Analytics press release, 19 May 2015: http://www.verisk.com/press-releases-verisk/2015/may-2015/verisk-analytics-inc-announces-closing-of- wood-mackenzie-acquisition.html 14. ITV acquires The Voice creator Talpa Media, ITV press release, 12 March 2015: http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ press-releases/itv-acquires-voice-creator-talpa-media Media metrics The state of UK media and entertainment 37