Few industries have been as embroiled in merger mania as telecommunications. Now, with another mega-deal in the works, will there be even more consolidation among others?
Under the terms of the $48.5 billion deal, AT&T will pay about $95 a share in stock and cash as it looks to gain leverage in negotiations over its video offerings.
AT&T is poised to announce a takeover, people briefed on the matter said on Saturday, ushering in another transformation of the telecommunications industry.
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 arrangement with Comcast, which has agreed to acquire Time Warner Cable, would allow Charter Communications to become the country’s second-largest cable operator.
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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A group is looking to make $40 million movies with big stars, as an alternative to the blockbusters now favored by Hollywood.
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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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The deal for Time Warner Cable solidifies Comcast’s reputation as an enterprise with grand, even audacious, ambitions.
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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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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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Left untold in a film about the penny-stock swindler Jordan Belfort and his firm, Stratton Oakmont, are the stories of the investors.
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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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Charter Communications has been vocal about its desire for a deal with Time Warner Cable, and it is preparing an offer that mixes cash and Charter stock.
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John C. Malone, the chairman of Liberty Media, is working behind the scenes to gain control of Time Warner Cable, seeking a second act in an industry he once dominated.
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First round bids for the IMG, which represents athletes and entertainers including Peyton Manning and Justin Timberlake, are due on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter.
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The move raises further questions about the bookseller’s future amid its previously announced plans to stop making its Nook line of tablets.
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John C. Malone is weighing a deal for Time Warner Cable, using Charter Communications as the merger partner, people briefed on the matter said.
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