Deals & M&A
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Nielsen to Acquire DoubleVerify for Over $2 Billion to Enhance Digital Measurement Efforts
The price marks a 30% premium to the digital media monitoring company’s trading price
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Roku Q2 Profit Jumps 1,464% With Fox Acquisition Looming
The streaming hardware maker did not host an earnings call or provide an updated financial outlook due to the pending $22 billion deal
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FCC Votes to Repeal National Broadcast Ownership Cap
The decision comes as the $6.2 billion Nexstar-Tegna merger remains stuck in legal limbo
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Cleared by UK Competition and Markets Authority
UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy also won’t intervene in the $110 billion deal after the David Ellison-led media giant agreed to conditions
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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Streaming Gains Overshadowed by Linear TV and Studio Struggles, Paramount Merger Limbo
CEO David Zaslav says the media giant has “every expectation” the $110 billion deal will close
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Judge Dismisses Consumer Antitrust Challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Allows Refile
“Plaintiffs’ standing theory amounts to little more than the assertion that they are consumers who watch television and go to the movies,” Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín writes
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Electronic Arts Goes Private as $55 Billion Buyout Closes
The video game publishing giant has ceased trading and will be delisted from the NASDAQ
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Disney Sells 50% Stake in A+E Media to Hearst in $1.2 Billion All-Cash Deal
The transaction is expected to close in September
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Paramount Shows Streaming Progress as it Tiptoes Around Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit
Paramount+ has reached nearly 82 million subscribers as the media giant’s streaming profits climbed 44% to $366 million
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Antitrust Trial Set for March 2027
David Ellison will be on the hook for $1.06 billion in ticking fees by the time the 12-day trial starts on March 2
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger: Ari Emanuel Proposes Editorial Board to Oversee CNN
The WME Group executive chair called the move an “easy solve” to address concerns about the Ellison family’s ownership of the network and CBS following the $110 billion deal
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Unlocking Family Offices: Hollywood’s $22 Billion, Under-the-Radar Pipeline
Trade Secrets: Experts break down what the specialized investment firms are and where they’re investing in media and entertainment
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David Ellison Says Paramount-WBD Lawsuit Is About CNN, Shares His Politics
“I do not aspire to lead these companies to bend their newsrooms to my views,” the executive says in a New York Times op-ed
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Paramount Seeks November Warner Bros. Merger Trial While State AGs, WGA Ask for April
The David Ellison-led media giant wants to start as soon as possible, while the states and labor union say they need more time for discovery
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Encourages State AGs to Settle Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Lawsuit | Report
The Wall Street Journal reports Newsom is concerned employment in the state could suffer if the $110 billion deal is blocked
