Entertainment
Media Industry Mergers and Acquisitions
The media industry is experiencing significant consolidation. NBCUniversal has hired Christopher Halpin as CFO ahead of its planned spin-off, while Electronic Arts is set to complete a $55 billion go-private deal next week. Influence Media Partners acquired Anthem Entertainment’s publishing and film & TV assets in a $600 million transaction.
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Variety
Influence Media Partners, in collaboration with funds and accounts managed by affiliates of BlackRock, has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Anthem Entertainment: its music publishing catalogs, film & TV publishing assets and its portfolio of master recordings, fo
2026-07-30 20:39 UTC
Variety
Electronic Arts is set to close its previously announced $55 billion go-private deal next week, according to the video game publishing giant. In a document filed with the SEC Thursday, the “Battlefield 6” and “The Sims” publisher disclosed: “As of July 30, 2026, all reg
2026-07-30 20:41 UTC
Variety
NBCUniversal is starting to blaze its own corporate path. The Comcast-backed media conglomerate, which is slated to be spun off from its parent company within a year’s time, named Christopher Halpin as chief financial officer. He will begin in his new role on September 8, and report to Mike Ca
2026-07-30 20:43 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood Ventures Group, the global entertainment company launched by former Amazon MGM Studios executive Glenn Gainor and producer Sandy Climan, has optioned an upcoming memoir from a homeland security expert. The company will seek to adapt Dr. Erroll Southers’ Inside the Castle W
2026-04-21 15:00 UTC
Deadline
ProSiebenSat.1 Media is selling North American creator business Studio71 US to Fixated. The deal, financial terms of which are not being disclosed, is for all companies operating under the Studio71 US banner and does not include the Studio71 business in German-speaking countries, which stays within
2026-04-21 15:06 UTC