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...While Sony and Apollo are providing all of the equity financing to the bid, Legendary Entertainment, an existing Apollo investment that recently released the blockbuster Dune: Part Two, would also form part...
...At the height of his powers, Sumner Redstone was one of the media and entertainment industry’s most formidable executives....
...Apollo, meanwhile, has taken a different approach, dipping its toes in entertainment through an investment in Legendary, one of the few independent studios left standing after an industry-wide mega-consolidation...
...The descendant of Julian Robertson’s Tiger Management clawed out from behind the shadow of his legendary former boss to launch the largest and most successful hedge fund of any of his fellow “Tiger Cubs”...
...Its foray is led by entertainment industry insiders Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs....
...It is a busy week for that with a remembrance service for Prince Philip in London — a day before the 20th anniversary of the Queen Mother’s death — and a memorial to legendary cricketer Shane Warne in Melbourne...
...Yahoo has already been working for years on clearing the regulatory hurdles to get into betting, said the former official, and it forged an alliance with MGM in 2019 to offer a service for the millions of...
...In came Netflix and, in the legendary director’s words, allowed him to make the film the way he needed to by providing enough funding....
...Murdoch’s new holding company has agreed to buy a minority stake in Vice Media Group as the younger Murdoch son, pictured below right, looks to make his own mark in media after the break-up of his family’s entertainment...
...There, a series of meetings set the company’s plan in motion: to form an alliance with the richest man in Asia. Mukesh Ambani would not be particularly recognisable outside of India....
...The group, which has $43bn in assets, has moved further into sports and entertainment under Durban’s watch....
...Perhaps Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway could make good use of the more than $100m cash pile it has amassed as the legendary investor searches for a blockbuster deal (back in April he told the FT he...
...“Together, we will have an extremely powerful suite of iconic gaming and entertainment brands, as well as valuable strategic alliances with industry leaders in sports betting and online gaming,” said Tom...
...The talks come nine months after Dalian Wanda, a Chinese conglomerate that owns the AMC cinema chain and Legendary Entertainment, failed to complete a purchase of Dick Clark for about $1bn....
...Wanda had spent $2.6bn on the AMC cinema chain and $3.5bn on Legendary Entertainment, the company behind movies such as Godzilla and Pacific Rim....
...Among Dalian Wanda’s notable offshore deals, the conglomerate bought Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment for $3.5bn in January 2016 and US cinema chain AMC for $2.6bn in May 2012....
...alliance — although he is quick to point out that “It’s not a record deal; it’s a collective to create projects and hopefully tour together....
...Dalian Wanda bought a controlling stake in Legendary Entertainment last year for $3.5bn, and Alibaba Pictures has inked a deal with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners to finance, produce, market and distribute...
...Another recent HNA deal, for a stake in the US in-flight entertainment provider Golden Eagle, was scrapped earlier this week after failing to secure approval from Cfius....
...Dalian Wanda, the world’s largest cinema owner-operator, has been among the most aggressive, snapping up Dick Clark Productions for $1bn and Legendary Entertainment for $3.5bn last year, buying AMC movie...
...The latest deal, described as “a strategic alliance that will include equity co-financing in some cases” follows Wanda’s purchase of AMC, the US cinema chain, and Legendary Pictures, the producer of Godzilla...
...The latest deal, described as “a strategic alliance that will include equity co-financing in some cases” follows Wanda’s purchase of AMC, the American cinema chain, and Legendary Pictures, the producer of...
...Entertainment, producer of the films Godzilla and Pacific Rim....
...Over £200k was raised for the coffers of the Countryside Alliance as diners stalked their rivals, fished for business and shot (jibes) at politicians....
...Among the moves being considered are “the sale or separation of select lines of business or assets, strategic partnerships, programming alliances and return of capital initiative.”...
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