Ron Burkle

Relativity Closes $350M Financing Deal With Ron Burkle

May 31, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Relativity Media will use the money from backer Ron Burkle for future movie projects

  

Ron Burkle Rides to Relativity’s Aid With $250M in Debt Financing

May 29, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Ron Burkle makes a second loan in six months to Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Media (Updated)

  

Relativity Makes It Official: Ron Burkle Buys Stake in Studio

January 23, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

News of the supermarket magnate's investment comes as the indie studio announces a settlement with the Weinstein Co.

  

Relativity Lays Off 10 in Marketing and Operations

January 20, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Staffing cuts represent five percent of the indie studio's work force

  

Billionaire Ron Burkle Buys Soho House Chain

January 17, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

The magnate is significantly increasing his profile in the entertainment industry, purchasing a stake in Relativity Media and buying concert promoter Artist Group International

  

Ron Burkle Buys Stake in Relativity Media From Elliott Management (Updated)

January 5, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Supermarket magnate previously loaned Relativity $200 million, becomes second largest shareholder

  

Ryan Kavanaugh’s 9 Lives: $200M Loan From Ron Burkle Saves 'Immortals' (Exclusive)

November 27, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

The involvement of the L.A. billionaire is a new wrinkle for Relativity and its swashbuckling chief, Kavanaugh

  

Citigroup Readies Its Troubled EMI for the Auction Block (Exclusive)

June 7, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

At least a half dozen billionaires, buyout firms and rival music labels are said to be poised to vie for the bank's $7B mistake

  

Biggest Sundance Deal Yet: Weinstein Co. & Ron Burkle Acquire 'My Idiot Brother'

January 23, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

Studio and financier jointly pay $6 million for the U.S. distribution rights to the Paul Rudd comedy

  

Ron Burkle Loses Barnes & Noble Proxy Battle

September 28, 2010 By Marketwatch.com 2 years ago

Chairman Len Riggio is reelected to the board of the troubled bookseller

  

Barnes & Noble to Shareholders: Reject Burkle

August 25, 2010 By Brent Lang 2 years ago

The bookseller tells investors to vote against the billionaire's bid for board-of-directors election

  

Disney, Bergstein Negotiating Exclusively Over Miramax

June 4, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

Bergstein had previously bid $650 million for the studio

  

Miramax Deal-Killer: Burkle Cut the Offer Price

May 26, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

Discrepancies in the revenues led Burkle to cut his bid by $60 million

  

Weinstein, Burkle Say Deal for Miramax Still Alive (Updated)

May 21, 2010 By Lisa Horowitz 3 years ago

L.A. Times reported that negotiations collapsed on Friday, but partners say otherwise

  

Miramax Deal by Monday? So Finish Already!

May 6, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 3 years ago

Deal has been drafted; negotiations that have dragged on for weeks are close to an end

  
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