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10-27-2023 Newsletter: From Investment Banking to Media & Entertainment

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OfficeHours is an online platform that provides 1-on-1 coaching, training, and advice to help you land a job in competitive finance careers including investment banking, private equity, growth equity, venture capital, and hedge funds. What advice would you give those thinking about switching from finance to media and entertainment?

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Greenlight's David Einhorn builds new stake in this gambling name. Here's what else he bought

CNBC: Investing

The hedge-fund manager revealed that he had built a midsized position in Penn Entertainment.

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SINE Digital, The Live Entertainment and Sport Performance Marketing Agency Transforming Audience Reach, Raises £1.9 Million in Seed Funding from No Guarantees Productions; Expands United States Presence

Global Banking & Finance

SINE Digital, The Live Entertainment and Sport Performance Marketing Agency Transforming Audience Reach, Raises £1.9

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Go1 snaps up speed reading app Blinkist to expand in enterprise learning

TechCrunch: M&A

The reason Blinkist hasn’t gone out for funding again in the last five years is because it has’t had to: the company is growing and profitable, and it still has money left in the bank, according to Holger Seim, Blinkist’s CEO and co-founder. .” ” But there is still something missing in those takes, he continued.

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BuzzFeed Strikes Deal to Sell ‘Hot Ones’ Company for $82.5 Million

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The sale, to a group that includes the shows host, Sean Evans, and Soros Fund Management, will allow BuzzFeed to pay down tens of millions of dollars in debt.

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Grand Games raises $3m led by Earlybird Digital East Fund to transform entertainment with next generation mobile games

Global Banking & Finance

just four months after its inception Istanbul, July 15th 2024, 11AM EEST: Grand Games, a mobile gaming company pioneering a faster way to develop social games using the latest technology, has raised $3m in pre-seed funding […]

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“Dumb Money” Review: A Worthy Addition to the Classic Finance Movie Roster?

Mergers and Inquisitions

There are some entertaining moments and good performances, so I wouldn’t call the movie “bad.” Everyone was locked up inside, and many turned to day trading for entertainment and money (in between binge-watching shows on streaming services). I wrote many articles about it. Now, they scour the internet for ideas as well.

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