Clashing personalities, disagreements over how the companies would be integrated and complications over legal and tax issues have derailed the deal between Omnicom and Publicis.
The Chinese e-commerce giant, which is on the cusp of going public in the United States, is in talks about regaining a stake in its Alipay payment affiliate, a
person briefed on the matter said.
Disney’s interest in the fast-growing digital media company, part of a routine effort to identify acquisition targets, faded after BuzzFeed provided a high valuation.
The e-commerce giant’s deal for a minority stake in Youku Tudou extends a recent frenzy of acquisitions in China’s fast-growing technology sector.
The arrangement with Comcast, which has agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable, would allow Charter Communications to become the country’s second-largest cable operator.
Since Comcast announced its deal for Time Warner Cable, its shares have fallen about 10 percent, meaning Time Warner Cable investors are receiving about $140 a share instead of nearly $159.
The sale removes one of Barnes & Noble’s major backers as the company tries to navigate the changing landscape for books and media.
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The company is paying $1.6 billion for LIN Media, another operator of local TV stations, and will run 74 stations in 46 markets. Only Sinclair Broadcasting manages more stations.
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Rob Marcus, who became chief executive of Time Warner Cable in January, will receive nearly $80 million if the deal to sell the company to Comcast closes.
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G Asset Management, a little-known investment firm, offered on Thursday to acquire 51 percent of Barnes & Noble in a deal that would value the bookseller’s shares at $22 apiece.
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With Comcast proposing to buy Time Warner Cable, other companies that own cable networks are watching nervously, and may look to consolidate.
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Comcast’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner Cable comes at a moment of seismic change in the television industry, as growing numbers choose Internet streaming over cable service.
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The deal for Time Warner Cable solidifies Comcast’s reputation as an enterprise with grand, even audacious, ambitions.
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Comcast was not intensely engaged with Time Warner Cable until about 10 days or so prior to the announcement of the $45 billion acquisition, according to Comcast’s chief.
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Comcast will announce a deal to acquire Time Warner Cable in an all-stock deal that will unite the first- and second-largest cable television operators in the country, according to people briefed on the matter.
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In its most aggressive move yet to take over Time Warner Cable, Charter is proposing a full slate of directors to its target’s board.
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Liberty proposed on Friday to acquire the 48 percent of Sirius it does not already own in an all-stock deal valued at more than $10 billion.
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Newer deals, such as those between Silver Lake and William Morris Endeavor and IMG, show that investors are set on remaking the talent business industry, while expanding its size and scope.
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A combined IMG and William Morris Endeavor would significantly alter the balance of power in Hollywood’s business landscape, creating a mega-agency that would leap ahead of its primary rival, Creative Artists Agency.
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Backed by Silver Lake, its private equity investor of less than two years, William Morris Endeavor plans to offer more than $2 billion for IMG, according to people briefed on the matter.
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