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Disney to pay almost $439 million to complete takeover of Hulu
Disney is set to pay NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast, nearly $439 million to acquire its stake in Hulu, thereby assuming full ...
Pay-TV Falls To 1987 Levels, But Wall Street Analyst Thinks It Could Be “Finding The Long-Imagined Bottom”
Cord-cutting is still driving significant declines in pay-TV subscribers, but traditional pay-TV operators appear to be ...
‘Thunderbolts*’ Lost Millions of Dollars Despite Great Reviews. Where Does Marvel Go Next?
Disney's MCU is at an inflection point. With "Thunderbolts*" the latest box office disappointment, will Marvel continue to ...
Disney Stock Is Rising Tuesday: What's Going On?
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) shares are trading higher Tuesday after the company announced it will pay Comcast $438.7 million ...
Brian Rolapp, NFL’s Chief Media Officer, Heads to PGA Tour as CEO
Brian Rolapp, one of the most powerful executives in sports and media, will leave the NFL and become CEO of PGA Tour ...
Warner Bros. Discovery’s Split Gives Company Flexibility But Doesn’t Solve Problem of Debt, Linear Decline | Analysis
Wall Street analysts are bullish the move could pave the way for M&A and bring the industry a step closer to rationalization ...
RichCo vs. PoorCo: Not All Spinoffs Are Created Equal
NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery are racing to offload their ailing linear TV channels. But just one of the new ...
Amid Cable Spinoffs, Trump’s CNN and MSNBC Hostility Could Raise M&A Hurdles
Trump’s hostility toward the press threatens to complicate dealmaking for those who own news operations, as Paramount has ...
Why Disney, Paramount Bet Big on Cricket in India But Ignore America
Cricket television and digital rights recently sold for an eye-popping $3 billion this past week to two major U.S. broadcasters, The Walt Disney Company and Paramount Global – the second-largest deal ...