The cable business has cratered. The news division is in turmoil. A.I. is coming for movies. And those are just the obvious challenges.
Category: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
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How Will David Ellison Tackle the Big Problems at Paramount?
The cable business has cratered. The news division is in turmoil. A.I. is coming for movies. And those are just the obvious challenges.
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As Consumers Lose Their Appetite, Food Brands Fight to Keep Wall St. Happy
Packaged food companies are struggling to adjust — and profit — as tastes, waistlines and wallets change.
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F.C.C. Approves Skydance’s Merger With Paramount
The agency’s blessing was one of the last hurdles for the deal, which was being subjected to close scrutiny by the Trump administration.
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CBS News Names Tanya Simon Executive Producer for ’60 Minutes’
Tanya Simon, who has worked on the show for over two decades, will take over at a time of significant change for the network.
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Alden Global Capital Makes a Play for The Dallas Morning News
The investment firm’s MediaNews Group, the country’s second-largest newspaper publisher, put in a bid for the publication nearly two weeks after Hearst agreed to buy it.
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Mike Lynch’s Estate Ordered to Pay Hewlett Packard $945 Million
The technology giant had accused the British mogul, who died last year when his yacht sank, of fraud in the sale of his company in 2011.
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Wall Street Wants to Make Private Markets a Little More Public
As value grows in private markets, fund managers, brokerage houses, and savvy start-ups are building products that aim to expand access to them.
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Chevron Wins Green Light to Buy Into One of World’s Hottest Oil Projects
An arbitrator cleared the way for Chevron to buy Hess, allowing the energy giant to acquire a piece of one of the most promising oil projects in the world.
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Wall St. Firms Are Buying Utilities to Tap Into the A.I. Boom
Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents.
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Canadian Retailer Couche-Tard Abandons Its $47 Billion Bid to Buy 7-Eleven
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward.
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Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.