iHeartMedia Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Owner of iHeartRadio and hundreds of radio stations was way over-leveraged
John Malone
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Inside the STX Mess and the End of Sophie Watts’ Odd Couple Executive Pairing (Exclusive)
“She was the only one who made it look forward-thinking,” one insider says of Watts, who left this month after complaints of harassment
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Relativity Studios Lands $200 Million in Slate Financing, Plans Four Film Sequels
A new partnership with Storyscopic Films has secured funding for projects like “Immortals 2”
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‘Nashville’ and Other TV Hits Lift Lionsgate in Q2
Movie and TV studio beats Wall Street predictions by 12 cents per share
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Liberty Media to Buy Formula One
21st Century Fox Executive Vice Chairman Chase Carey will become chairman of the car racing business
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Lionsgate Soars Past Q1 Earnings Expectations, Stock Rises
Lionsgate reported revenue of $554 million and earnings of 20 cents per share, driven by strong TV performance
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Entertainment and Tech Mergers Surge in Q2, PwC Study Finds
Comcast’s purchase of DreamWorks and Lionsgate’s scoop of Starz were two of the biggest deals in a huge quarter for M&A
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Left Out of Allen & Co.’s ‘Summer Camp for Billionaires’
Mayer’s name is not on the list of invites
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Lionsgate-Starz Deal Shows How Digital Has Upended TV Business (Analysis)
Companies yielded to pressures created by Netflix and Amazon
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Will $3.8 Billion DreamWorks Animation Deal Kickstart More Hollywood Consolidation?
America’s studios are being gobbled up, and DreamWorks Animation’s $3.8 billion takeover means it won’t stop anytime soon
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Vivendi Settles Liberty Media Lawsuit for $775 Million
Long-running suit stems from Vivendi’s 2001 purchase of Liberty’s stake in USA Networks
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Lionsgate to ‘Explore’ Starz Acquisition
Investor John Malone is key player in potential merger
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Discovery, Liberty Global to Purchase 3.4 Percent Each of Lionsgate
Both companies will pay $195 million for 5 million common shares
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Elon Musk, Bob Iger, Rupert Murdoch and Sons Topline Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley Media Conference Guest List
Les Moonves, Philippe Dauman, Ted Sarandos, Harvey Weinstein and John Malone are also among the heavy hitters
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Why Sumner Redstone’s Succession Fog Clouds Viacom, CBS Empire
TheWrap looks at the ongoing speculation and jockeying at two media companies that the founder declines to address
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5 Ways Rupert Murdoch Revolutionized Media
Over six decades of global empire building, the Australia native changed the print and broadcast landscape
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‘Turn,’ ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ On the Bubble for Renewal, Says AMC Boss
“We’d like bigger absolute numbers so we have to assess both,” network CEO Josh Sapan says at New York investment conference
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Behind the New Media Merger Mania: Charter-Time Warner Cable, Vox-ReCode Just the Beginning
New study shows 56 percent of media and entertainment companies plan to pursue acquisitions over the next 12 months
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Charter-Time Warner Cable Merger: TWC Stock Spikes, CHTR and Liberty Broadband Slip
Market analyst warns TheWrap that denied regulatory approval would prove “messy and costly for many”
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BET Founder Bob Johnson Fires Back at Critics of His Decades-Long Diversity Push
Johnson tells TheWrap people who question his decision to launch UMC, a streaming service for African-Americans, “have their head in the sand”
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Lionsgate Considered Starz Acquisition Before Stock Swap With John Malone
Starz’s valuation is one of the factors that kept a deal from happening, and now all eyes are on John Malone’s next move, insiders tell TheWrap
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Starz CEO Chris Albrecht Hopes His Company and Lionsgate Become ‘Kissing Cousins’
CEO speculates about why the two media companies didn’t just merge
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Starz Grows Earnings, Subscribers in Fourth Quarter
Premium TV company tops Wall Street forecasts
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Lionsgate Enters Stock Exchange Agreement With Starz, Adds John Malone to Board
Malone remains premium cable channel’s largest voting shareholder
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What the Comcast Purchase of Time Warner Cable Means for Cord-Cutting – and Consolidation
“It certainly forces the rest of the cable industry to consolidate,” one analyst tells TheWrap
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Time Warner Cable Earnings: Profit Rises 5 Percent
Company is the subject of takeover speculation
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Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav Extends Contract Through End of Decade
Joined Discovery in 2007
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Sun Valley 2013 Schedule: A President, A King – and Barry Diller
There's a barbeque tonight, then sessions start in the am with sports and Google's Larry Page
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3 Things to Watch in Sun Valley: Hulu, Online Video and John Malone
"Anything can happen" between rounds of golf and closed-door panels — but it'll probably be consolidation
