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Two years ago John Zieser rarely heard from private equity or venture capital firms interested in partnering on deals. Now Zieser, who leads corporate development for the media company Meredith Corp, (NYSE:MDP), says he's having those conversations almost daily on both the traditional and new-media side. And those discussions have...
Posted on June 17, 2009 7:00 AM
In the last six to nine months, says Jeff Greene, economic conditions have led to an increase in divestitures. Greene, Americas leader for Sell-Side Advisory Services at Ernst & Young LLP, spoke with me about the recent activity in the marketplace. The slow growth in the economy has many shareholders...
Posted on March 7, 2008 2:03 PM
Just a couple of weeks after unveiling a spinoff plan that infuriated major shareholder John Malone and set off a battle for control of IAC/InterActiveCorp, IAC's Barry Diller is reorganizing the M&A team at the New York media shop. Senior VP for business strategy Kimberly Gorsuch-Bradbury will "work on specific...
Posted on February 8, 2008 9:30 AM
Dust off those 30-year-old deal documents and review the financing terms, because they may be useful again. Courtney Thompson of Media Services Group reports that in his sector, at least, tight credit conditions are forcing buyers and sellers...
Posted on January 31, 2008 4:44 PM
To prosper on the web, content companies need a strategy for building up the leverage they can wield against distributors.
Posted on October 15, 2007 8:46 AM
Look out YouTube. News Corp. and NBC Universal are launching an Internet video distribution network, said to be the largest of its kind. AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! will be the new site's initial distribution partners. Their users, who represent 96% of the monthly U.S. unique users on the Internet,...
Posted on March 22, 2007 12:24 PM
Seven Network and KKR announced the creation of Seven Media, a JV that will hold Seven Network's television, print and online businesses.
Posted on February 15, 2007 11:32 PM
What does a media giant do when regulations limit its ability to distribute movies and TV shows? Emphasize retail sales of consumer products.
Posted on February 15, 2007 12:55 AM
Kenneth Gersh's legal background is bound to come in handy in his new job as senior vice president for business development at MLB Advanced Media LP, the lucrative online unit of Major League Baseball. A one-time general counsel for CBS SportsLine.com Inc., Gersh moves over this month from CBS...
Posted on October 15, 2006 4:37 PM
Laura McCluer on rebuilding alliances at CA; plus dealmaking at Vodafone, Bertelsmann, Nortel and GenVec.
Posted on April 15, 2006 3:32 PM
The crossing (from Corporate Dealmaker)
Memo to media moguls: Get over it. Get over your need for control. Get over the fear and fealty you've instilled in your subordinates for all those years. And get over the top-down decision-making process that has characterized mass media companies since they first arose in the 19th century....
Posted on December 15, 2005 7:30 PM
Poland's ITI Holdings combines a leading Internet portal with choice properties in television broadcasting and entertainment.
Posted on December 15, 2005 7:15 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
Can your average corporate dealmaker learn anything from watching "Life Masters"? You might not think so. For one thing, the TV show - which features a couple of perky hosts offering advice on how to handle household challenges - is broadcast in Mandarin. Yet the program does have a...
Posted on August 15, 2004 2:56 PM
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