JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A couple of months ago, we examined NW Media Holdings Corp. IBT Media Inc., 30875(U) (Sup. County Mar. 22, 2023) (here), a case in which a lower court addressed the question whether the destruction of millions of pages of data on a Google Workspace states a claim for trespass to chattels or conversion (here).

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

JULY 2, 2024

Just weeks after the two media companies scuttled their talks about a potential deal, they have resumed their conversations.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Observer, first published in 1791, could be bought by Tortoise Media, an outlet founded by a British media veteran that began publishing in 2019.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Please join Williams Mullen attorneys Amber Duncan and Max So as they discuss better assessing social media and other regulatory compliance during the due diligence process. By: Williams Mullen

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The Guardian Media Group said it had struck a deal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media, shortly after a 48-hour strike by journalists had ended.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 21, 2023

She fought to keep control of her family’s media empire. Now she’s considering an exit as financial pressures mount.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

MAY 14, 2023

Vice, which had wooed media giants, has struggled to adjust to the punishing realities of digital publishing. A group of creditors could buy Vice for $225 million.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Global media giants’ bosses reportedly discuss tie-up to better compete with Disney+ and Netflix Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global are reportedly in early stage talks about a merger that could bring two of the world’s largest media firms under one roof with a combined market value of $38bn (£30bn). Continue reading.

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Lake Country Advisors

MAY 16, 2024

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

AUGUST 27, 2024

Ex-Warner Music chief had formed consortium to gazump planned deal but some would-be investors withdrew The veteran media executive Edgar Bronfman Jr has abandoned a $6bn (£4.5bn) bid for Paramount Global, clearing the path for the conglomerate’s multibillion-dollar merger with the production group Skydance Media.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

UK government forced sale of ‘alt-net’ broadband provider Upp on national security grounds Virgin Media 02 is to buy a British broadband company owned by a Russian oligarch-backed investment company, after the government forced its sale on national security grounds.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

APRIL 29, 2024

His departure comes as the company considers a major merger. Bakish was once a staunch ally of Shari Redstone, Paramount’s controlling shareholder.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JULY 21, 2023

s proposed acquisition of Propel Media, Inc., The FTC filed an administrative complaint seeking to block IQVIA Holdings Inc.’s alleging that its consummation would negatively impact competition in programmatic advertising for prescription drugs to healthcare professionals. By: Cozen O'Connor

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

AUGUST 6, 2024

Ziff Davis is acquiring CNET for more than $100 million. Its chief executive thinks more acquisitions are on the horizon.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

MARCH 11, 2024

The new owner, Lineup Publishing, will not be bringing on any of the sports website’s existing staff members.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

AUGUST 10, 2023

As head of Chris-Craft Industries, he played a role in the Time-Warner merger and sold 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2023

BuzzFeed is negotiating a sale of much of Complex Networks for under $140 million, less than half of what it paid to acquire it two years ago.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The three siblings (Kendall, Siobhan and Roman) vie for control of Dad’s media empire, and are monsters to each other. This is the curse that Logan Roy, the founder and business titan of Waystar RoyCo, intones to his three stunned children during a poignant family moment.

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 28, 2024

In a likely merger arbitrage play, Berkshire Hathaway continues to add to its holding in Liberty Media tracking stock for satellite radio company SiriusXM.

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 24, 2023

On December 4, 2019, the insured media company merged with another media company. Stockholders brought several lawsuits challenging the merger and asserted claims for breach of fiduciary duty against the insured’s directors, officers, and controlling stockholders for their roles in negotiating and.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Liberty Media, which owns stakes in Formula 1 and Live Nation, is spinning off some of its assets in a corporate restructuring.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Washington Post is creating a division to find valuable audiences in new places. The C.E.O.’s s last company shows that’s a tough road.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

DECEMBER 13, 2024

JCDecaux and JOJ Media House Group decide not to pursue the merger of their OOH activities in Slovakia Paris, December 13th, 2024 JCDecaux SE (Euronext.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

JANUARY 14, 2025

Regulators filed a lawsuit in federal court stemming from Mr. Musks $44 billion purchase of the social media company now called X.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

JULY 30, 2024

Noisy Creek, a new media company, has bought The Stranger and The Portland Mercury, two of the country’s best known alternative weeklies.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

JULY 1, 2024

Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago. Now, he’s making a run at its parent company.

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How2Exit

DECEMBER 18, 2023

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

APRIL 2, 2024

David Ellison, the founder of the Skydance media company, met with Paramount’s board of directors late last month to discuss the deal.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 8, 2025

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

AUGUST 22, 2024

Bronfman, a former Warner Music CEO, and his consortium of investors have sweetened a proposed offer to acquire National Amusements, the vehicle that holds media tycoon Shari Redstone’s controlling stake in Paramount, which also owns CBS, Nickelodeon and the UK’s Channel 5. Continue reading.

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The New York Times: Banking

JANUARY 28, 2025

The social media company said it would start a peer-to-peer payments service, moving to expand the apps abilities.

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How2Exit

JUNE 20, 2023

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The pioneering feminist website is being sold to Paste by G/O Media, which had shut down the site this month.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Digital-first media company, Underknown, announced today that it has completed a merger to onboard the independent creator media agency GPOP.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Workers have begun a 48-hour walkout, the first in 50 years for the outlet, over a proposal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media, a digital media start-up.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

MARCH 13, 2024

The House plans to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

MARCH 8, 2025

The media entrepreneur Jessica Lessin chats with DealBook about the news landscape and her latest media bet.

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