Amazon to buy MGM for $8 billion
Amazon is buying classic film/TV studio MGM for $8 billion, in a bid to shore up Prime Video.
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AT&T to spin-off WarnerMedia; Warner to merge with… Discovery?
AT&T plans to spin off WarnerMedia into its own stand-alone company. WarnerMedia will also merge with Discovery, the home of “Shark Week.”
The T-Mobile and Sprint merger is complete
On Wednesday, T-Mobile finalized its merger with Sprint, reducing the number of major mobile companies in the US from four to three (AT&T, Verizon, and… Read More »The T-Mobile and Sprint merger is complete
CBS and Viacom to merge into a single company, “ViacomCBS”
On Tuesday, CBS and Viacom announced that the two media companies plan to merge, creating a single company valued at $30 billion. The newly merged… Read More »CBS and Viacom to merge into a single company, “ViacomCBS”
Time Warner is now known as WarnerMedia; also: what does AT&T now own?
AT&T certainly moved quickly after a judge threw out the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit over its Time Warner buyout. On Friday, AT&T announced that Time… Read More »Time Warner is now known as WarnerMedia; also: what does AT&T now own?
Judge approves AT&T’s merger with Time Warner; Comcast might try to outbid Disney for Fox’s assets
On Tuesday, a federal judge handed down an approval for AT&T’s merger with Time Warner. The Justice Department opposed this merger, arguing the resulting company… Read More »Judge approves AT&T’s merger with Time Warner; Comcast might try to outbid Disney for Fox’s assets
T-Mobile to buy Sprint in $26.5 billion deal
On Sunday, news came that Spring and T-Mobile will be merging, forming a combined company valued at $146 billion out of the nation’s third- and… Read More »T-Mobile to buy Sprint in $26.5 billion deal
Disney to buy most of 21st Century Fox for $52 billion
After much speculation, it’s finally come to pass. Last week, Disney and 21st Century Fox announced that the former will buy most of the latter’s… Read More »Disney to buy most of 21st Century Fox for $52 billion
Disney in (stalled) talks to buy most of Fox’s assets
News came last week that Disney’s been in talks with 21st Century Fox to buy most of their assets, most prominently the famed 20th Century… Read More »Disney in (stalled) talks to buy most of Fox’s assets
AT&T to buy Time Warner for $85 billion
It had been talked about over the past week, but was officially announced on Saturday. Longtime telephone and internet giant AT&T will be buying media… Read More »AT&T to buy Time Warner for $85 billion