Below are the candidate companies in the media sector for the Most Admired Corporate Dealmakers survey. They were determined statistically, and represent a roll-call of the most transaction-intensive large companies in the sector. We screened for the companies in the sector that closed the highest number and dollar value of acquisitions and divestitures between January 1, 2006 and June 30, 2009. The selection formula also recognized companies for doing a high dollar volume of deals compared to their market capitalizations on the start date. To be included, companies had to have a market cap of $1 billion or more on the closing date of the study period. To see a list of the company's deals in the period, click on the company's name.
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| Media sector market caps |
Market cap |
($mil) |
% change |
1/1/06 |
$488,420 |
-47% |
6/30/09 |
$257,830 |
Total aggregate Market Cap numbers reflect all U.S. based public media companies trading on primary U.S. exchanges with market cap values on both 1/1/2006 AND 6/30/09 |
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Company |
No. buys |
Total value buys ($mill.) |
No. sells |
Total value of sells ($mill.) |
Total no. deals |
Total value deals ($mill.) |
Market cap (1/1/06) |
Market cap (6/30/09) |
Total value deals as a % of market cap 1/1/06 |
% change in market cap |
| News Corp. |
5 |
$9,074 |
5 |
$2,513 |
10 |
$11,587 |
$50,451 |
$23,831 |
23.0% |
-53% |
| Walt Disney Co. |
6 |
8,510 |
2 |
2,416 |
8 |
10,926 |
46,109 |
43,318 |
23.7 |
-6 |
| SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. |
1 |
6,353 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6,353 |
8,921 |
1,659 |
71.2 |
-81 |
| Liberty Global Inc. |
2 |
527 |
4 |
4,695 |
6 |
5,222 |
10,673 |
4,350 |
48.9 |
-59 |
| CBS Corp. |
5 |
2,265 |
10 |
2,520 |
15 |
4,785 |
20,979 |
4,702 |
22.8 |
-78 |
| Time Warner Inc. |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1,988 |
2 |
1,988 |
81,309 |
30,139 |
2.4 |
-63 |
| Cablevision Systems Corp. |
2 |
1,149 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1,149 |
6,774 |
5,860 |
17.0 |
-13 |
| Comcast Corp. |
7 |
887 |
1 |
45 |
8 |
932 |
56,204 |
41,694 |
1.7 |
-26 |
| John Wiley & Sons Inc. |
1 |
898 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
898 |
2,267 |
1,941 |
39.6 |
-14 |
| Morningstar Inc. |
10 |
211 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
211 |
1,386 |
1,966 |
15.2 |
42 |
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