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On Wednesday and Thursday, The Deal was in conference mode, hosting panels of high-profile dealmakers on financial and corporate sides, doing post-panel video interviews and live-blogging. The two-day Deal Economy 2010 event was capped off in a packed room where strategic dealmakers received honors for their M&A work. Corporate...
Posted on November 20, 2009 11:58 AM
Redwood City, Calif.-based video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) lost $454 million last year. Its stock price has been depressed since November (it lost 60% between August and November). And in September, EA abandoned its bid to acquire rival Take-Two Interactive Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) -- maker of...
Posted on March 26, 2009 12:05 PM
The Walt Disney Co. has announced a joint venture with Media-One Holdings Ltd. to launch a family entertainment channel on 30 Media-One-owned television stations in Russia. Slated to launch in early 2009, the new channel will air popular Disney programs and original Russian programming. In addition to a cash investment,...
Posted on December 17, 2008 11:03 AM
Netflix Inc. continues to grow its Web of partners to facilitate the viewing of content online. While the company makes its money delivering DVDs, it has been building its video-streaming business that allows subscribers to download and view movies and television programs on their computers or mobile devices. Netflix on...
Posted on September 23, 2008 9:59 AM
InBev SA is likely to put a "for sale" sign on Anheuser-Busch Cos.'s famed Busch Entertainment Corp., which runs 10 theme parks across the U.S. We mentioned it would probably be a private equity firm, since other major theme park operators aren't in the market for expansion. Blackstone Group LP's Merlin Entertainment Group was on our radar, but an astute commenter told CD...
Posted on July 17, 2008 8:28 AM
To finance its $52 billion cash deal for Anheuser-Busch Cos., InBev SA is likely to put a "for sale" sign on A-B's famed Busch Entertainment Corp., which runs 10 theme parks across the U.S. The $45 billion loan package InBev put together contains a one-year bridge loan of $7 billion,...
Posted on July 15, 2008 5:15 PM
Promising more in-depth news, celebrity interviews and movie news, entertainment news site Movies.com is being bought by ticket seller Fandango.com from Walt Disney Internet Group. Los Angeles-based Fandango.com and Movie.com were launched in 2000 and claim little audience overlap among their respective 6.3 million and 1.9 million monthly unique...
Posted on June 23, 2008 1:29 PM
If you're a corporate dealmaker pursuing growth strategies in China or India, there's a wealth of resources out there. But whether they're surveys or reports from consultants, presentations at conferences around the world or reports from news organizations, the trick is finding and making sense of them. That's the purpose...
Posted on March 13, 2008 7:38 AM
A third of a century after founding Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates will cease his day-to-day work at the firm, remaining as chairman. Gates' final speech at the Consumer Electronics Show was laden with talk of new products, growth strategy and, inevitably, deals. Gates announced partnerships with Walt Disney Co., NBC Universal...
Posted on January 7, 2008 5:28 PM
When you're moving content into a new space, deal structure and business model can be big challenges. But companies like Marvel Entertainment and ESPN are getting it done.
Posted on December 15, 2005 7:05 PM
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