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New deal structures to drive media M&A (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The data shows that the disclosed value of completed M&A transactions for the U.S. entertainment and media sector in 2008 was the highest it's been since 2001. But once you exclude four megadeals from 2006 that took two years to complete, the numbers shrink considerably, reflecting the state of our...

Posted on February 27, 2009 3:43 PM

Cinven drops out of auction for Elan's product development arm (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The auction for the spin-out of Elan Corp.'s product development and manufacturing unit Elan Drug Technologies is moving on to the second round, but will do so without private equity firm Cinven Ltd., which has dropped out of the running.The Financial Times is reporting that the sale of the Irish...

Posted on August 21, 2008 9:46 AM

Leno: NBC really wanted 'Waiting for paint to dry' channel (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It has to be tough doing big deals when you have a high-profile comedian working for you. Such is the case with NBC Universal Inc.'s recent $3.5 billion acquisition of Atlanta's Weather Channel, which Jay Leno called an effort to "create the dullest business partnership in history." Atlanta Business...

Posted on July 9, 2008 6:05 PM

NBCU-Weather Channel deal: Why the PE partners? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

We're still wondering. The deal, which calls for NBC Universal to team up with Blackstone Group LP and Bain Capital LLC to buy the Weather Channel properties from Landmark Communications, was announced July 6. The announcement gives the strategic logic for NBCU, but nothing on the reason for the partnership....

Posted on July 7, 2008 12:32 PM

The latest on GE Appliances sale (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The FT Tuesday morning gives us a little more detail on the interest of China's Qindao Haier Co. Ltd. in General Electric Co.'s appliance unit. As we noted previously, the sellers -- starting with CEO Jeff Immelt -- are doing a good job of fanning interest in this sale.The FT...

Posted on June 10, 2008 11:20 AM

Implications of possible Huawei stake sale (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Give Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. credit for strategic flexibility. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the Chinese telecom equipment maker has hired Morgan Stanley to arrange the sale of a stake in its mobile-devices division to a foreign company or PE firm, with the goal...

Posted on May 8, 2008 9:46 AM