Lions Gate Would Buy MGM ... For Right Price

Lions Gate Would Buy MGM ... For Right Price

Published: November 16, 2009 @ 7:31 am
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By Los Angeles Times

So, tell us something we don't know. In other words, what media company wouldn't be interested in buying MGM -- whose 4,000-title movie library includes valuable rights to the James Bond franchise and J.R.R. Tolkien's classic "The Hobbit" -- at a bargain-basement discount?

When asked at an investment conference in New York whether Lions Gate Entertainment would be interested in buying the beleaguered MGM, vice chairman Michael Burns said it would -- but only if the price is right.

"It's all about price," Bloomberg quoted Burns telling investors, adding, "We'll know sooner rather than later" what it's going for.

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