Tag: M&A

Radial Entertainment has launched following Oaktree Capital’s acquisition of FilmRise and merger with Shout! Studios. The combined entity brings together 70,000 titles, creating one of the largest independent distributors in film and TV. Oaktree plans to scale Radial through additional…

Warner Music Group is cutting approximately $300 million in costs, including $170 million via layoffs, as part of a restructuring plan aimed at "future-proofing" the company and boosting investment in music. CEO Robert Kyncl emphasized a renewed focus on A&R…

Ask Skip calls out legacy media for faking transformation while quietly executing a slow-motion collapse. Instead of real strategic pivots, companies are slashing costs, consolidating teams, and staging investor theater—all to buy time until an acquisition. True reinvention would require…

Warner Bros. Discovery is splitting into two independent public companies. One will focus on streaming and studios, led by David Zaslav. The other will contain the company’s cable networks and will be led by CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels. Most of WBD’s…

Touchcast, acquired by Infinite Reality (now Napster Corp) for $500M, is powering a new AI push via its cCDN tech, developed with Microsoft. The platform, now called Napster AI, uses generative AI to deliver content across distributed networks and builds…

OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky is in talks to sell the company to an investor group led by Forest Road Co. at a potential $8B valuation. The discussions are non-exclusive, with no deal finalized. Despite concerns over its adult content reliance,…

Lionsgate and STARZ have finalized their long-awaited corporate separation, with both companies set to trade independently starting in May. The move is designed to unlock shareholder value by eliminating the “conglomerate discount” and positioning each brand as a more attractive…

Shout! Studios has acquired Gravitas Ventures, gaining access to more than 3,300 titles across film, TV, and sports. While both brands will remain operationally independent, the deal strengthens Shout!’s scale and presence across AVOD and TVOD platforms. The acquisition highlights…

Redbox’s corporate parent is at the center of a bombshell lawsuit that reads like a corporate true-crime thriller. A bankruptcy trustee is accusing Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment’s former leadership—CEO Bill Rouhana, his wife, and other insiders—of “mismanagement and…

DirecTV and Dish Network have united to challenge the recently announced Fubo-Disney pay TV merger, which effectively ended Fubo’s antitrust lawsuit against Disney over the launch of Venu Sports. Both satellite providers argue the settlement allows Disney to sidestep antitrust…