MGM to be bought by Sony
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. will merge with Sony Corp. of America in a deal valued nearly at $5 billion or $12 a share, the company announced late Monday.
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Video rental chain Hollywood  Entertainment Corp. HLYW.O, which may face a hostile takeover  bid by industry leader Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N, on Monday  agreed to be bought by smaller rival Movie Gallery Inc.  MOVI.O for $850 million.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. MGM.N  has restricted its employees' ability to trade shares in the  company, and could announce as early as next week a deal to be  acquired for up to $5 billion, sources close to the company and  its talks with possible bidders said on Tuesday.
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N)  said on  Wednesday it has agreed a deal to sell its Famous Music  Publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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By Andrew Eder, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Feb. 2--Sony Corp. is the buyer of bankrupt Ipix Corp.'s intellectual  assets, a Thursday court filing revealed.
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A group of companies led by Sony Corp. of America put a lock on its acquisition of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for about $2.
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A group of investors led by Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) , the Japanese electronics and entertainment company, raised its offer to buy the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
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[Business India] Los Angeles, Sep 24 : After months of wrangling, a consortium led by Sony Corp has signed a definitive deal to buy the famous Hollywood studio MGM, Xinhua reports.
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After Time Warner withdrew its $4.6 billion bid, Sony reached a deal to acquire the Lion. And the winner isâ¦ Sony! After Time Warner withdrew its $4.
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Viacom Inc.   said on Wednesday it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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On Monday, Kirk Kerkorian sold Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for the third time. As a Hollywood reconciliation story, that means Kerkorian has bought and sold the venerable movie studio more times than Elizabeth Taylor married Richard Burton.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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A group headed by Sony Corp of America agreed in principle to acquire Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  for &#36;12 a share in cash, MGM said on Monday.
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Sony Corp. and a group of investors reached a final agreement to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for US$12 a share, or about US$2.9 billion, to gain control of one of the world&#39;s largest film libraries.
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A Sony-led group has a deal in principle to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $2.94 billion in cash and $1.95 billion in assumed debt, MGM (MGM) announced Monday evening.
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The payoff for Macrovision in its having acquired the online and print publisher of TV Guide's regular schedules, appears to have been swift and immediate with a deal that puts Macrovision equipment into Sony displays.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer shareholders voted overwhelmingly on Friday to approve the film studio's sale to a Sony Corp.-led consortium that includes cable television giant Comcast Corp.