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...Blavatnik was linked with a bid for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 2010....
...Instead, despite the intensifying media attention, she continued to do what she knew was right....
...Around that time, Iger and Disney’s dealmaking guru Kevin Mayer also held informal talks with Smith about buying out Vice entirely for north of $3bn, according to three people familiar with the matter....
...Regulators around the world are working to strengthen protections for children’s safety online, in games as well as on social media....
...“If Apple comes to Europe and starts buying rights, like Amazon, at some point prices may start rising again”, said François Godard, who covers media for research group Enders Analysis....
...The Korean Wave opens September 24, V&A ‘Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style’ by Fiona Bae, (Thames & Hudson), will be published in the UK & Ireland on 22 September 2022...
...BT has started exclusive discussions with US media group Discovery to form a joint venture for its BT Sport business, opting against a sale of the television network to the sports streaming company DAZN,...
...US media group Discovery is in talks over a deal to partner with BT Sport, in a move that would hijack the British television network’s £600m sale to sports streaming service DAZN....
...In 2013, Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1bn, with chief executive Marissa Mayer promising not to “screw it up”....
...Write to the FintechFT team at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. You can build it, but will they come?...
...Highlights US media group Discovery is in talks to launch a joint venture with BT Sport, one the broadcasters of English Premier League football in the UK....
...Its foray is led by entertainment industry insiders Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs....
...But his real interest lay in the group’s broad portfolio of media properties, said one....
...‘Perfect scenario’ Those look like V-shaped projections, Andrew Glenn thought to himself....
...Apollo has agreed to pay $5bn to own 90 per cent of Verizon’s media assets, which include what was left of AOL and Yahoo....
...Social media is represented by Facebook and Twitter, plus there are results from music streaming platform Spotify and Canadian ecommerce group Shopify....
...The FT was the first to reveal in July that the Trump administration was getting ready to blacklist the social media app’s parent company ByteDance over concerns that the Chinese group might inappropriately...
...The group’s media assets could help grant him the best luxury money can buy: political influence....
...In addition to legacy software company Oracle and social media platform Twitter, the world’s largest retailer Walmart announced on Thursday that it had joined forces with Microsoft to bid for TikTok US....
...Walmart’s interest in the social media platform, which would take it far from its business of consumer goods and groceries, is a sign of the company’s aspirations to expand online as it takes on Amazon....
...The discussion will look at the heavyweight battle between big media groups seeking to dominate the streaming landscape. Details below for the event, which is free for all DD readers to attend....
...“We have a bit of a communications problem, I think, with political leaders,” said Bill Ford, a ByteDance board member and investor through his private equity group General Atlantic....
...TikTok in May appointed former Disney executive Kevin Mayer as its chief executive....
...world’s biggest traditional media company....
...Earlier this week, Kevin Mayer, TikTok’s new chief executive, defended the company, saying it had a “commitment to accountability”....
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