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M&A Impact Of Paramount-WBD Merger Will Be Felt Across Hollywood, Attorneys Say
Just days before the lawsuit was settled, the attorneys talked about the impact the litigation had on other transactions — and the talk it has generated about the future of Hollywood. Courtney Braun, chief legal officer for WME Group, said…
Do You Have A Client Acquisition Strategy-Or Are You Winging It?
ABI Methodology founder Ewen Harris coaches professionals on how to build predictable growth through trust and client introductions. Ask most business owners how they win new clients, and you'll usually get a list: networking, advertising…
Ambassador cruise line targets German market with new ship acquisition
Ambassador Cruise Line has purchased an older ship from rival line Oceania as part of plans to expand into the German market. The cruise line has acquired Oceania Sirena and revealed plans to rename it Ambella under Ambassador Kreuzfahrten, a new…
The Emerging M&A Map For AI Agent Security
AI agents are quickly becoming part of the enterprise. They browse the web, write code, access files, trigger APIs and interact with internal systems. That creates enormous productivity potential, but it also creates a new security problem:…
What the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement means for Hollywood
A day after Paramount Skydance and a group of state attorneys general announced a settlement clearing the way for its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, questions remain about whether the deal does enough to protect consumers and competition. The…
Xbox's Restructuring Is A 'Reverse Acquisition In Slow Motion
Yesterday, Xbox announced the next stage in its ongoing major restructuring, consolidating several studios and laying off another 268 as it works its way toward a planned total of around 3200 job cuts in the space of a year. Halo has been handed…
Paramount will need to release way more movies to make this merger work
Paramount says it will release more films after merging with Warner Bros., but that promise may be difficult to keep. Paramount says it will release more films after merging with Warner Bros., but that promise may be difficult to keep. Netflix…
Riverside scales up Altius ahead of sale; buys mental health biz
Buyout giant The Riverside Company's local dealmakers have fattened up their workplace wellness company Altius ahead of a mooted $500 million-plus sale process, agreeing terms to acquire mental health business Converge International. Altius…
Evolution Capital's sales director resigns amid ASIC investigation
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
New Aldi £5.99 'munch' tin similar to £10 M&S version hits shelves
Many shoppers will have seen Marks and Spencer's viral £10 'munch' tins all over TikTok. But now a similar tin has landed in Aldi stores for almost half the price. The budget-friendly supermarket revealed its classic Christmas Munch Mix tin…
Xbox's Latest Merger Means 'Forza Motorsport' Is Almost Certainly Done
When Kotaku probed further into what that'll actually mean, Xbox said that instead of the two forming a new studio with a new name, Playground boss Trevor Williams would 'continue to lead Playground Games,' implying the end of Turn 10 as an entity.
Western Australia's Meeka Metals rattles the tin in $30m cash call
Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.
NYSE-listed $98b data centre giant lurks in Stack's APAC auction
Here's one lurker that's gone unnoticed so far in the mix to buy Stack Infrastructure's $28 billion-plus Asia Pacific data centres business. Digital Realty, a $US69.9 billion ($98.6 billion) data centre behemoth listed on the NYSE, has been…
Adobe Completes Acquisition of Topaz Labs and Says Topaz Will Remain Its Own Brand
Adobe announced in June that it had entered an agreement to purchase Topaz Labs, a software company best known for its AI-based upscaling technology for photos and videos. As of today, the acquisition is now complete, and Adobe fully owns Topaz…
Goldman Sachs Names Simon Lyons UK Investment Banking Co-Head
Goldman Sachs has appointed veteran dealmaker Simon Lyons as co-head of UK investment banking as the Wall Street firm strengthens its leadership team amid a dominant year for British and European mergers and acquisitions. Lyons will join Goldman…
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