Sony-led group to buy MGM for nearly $5 bil
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NEW YORK - A group of investors led by Sony Corp has agreed to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc for nearly $5 billion, US news reports said Monday.
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A group led by Sony of America reached a tentative agreement to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $4.8 billion in cash, taking it from Time Warner at the 11th hour.
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LOS ANGELES : A group led by Japan&#39;s Sony Corp. has struck a tentative deal to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studios for nearly five billion dollars, ending an era in Hollywood history.
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A bidding group headlined by Sony  Corp. 6758.T agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM.N for nearly $5 billion on Monday,  after rival bidder Time Warner Inc. TWX.N withdrew from the  auction.
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The private equity firm BC Partners will buy the worldâs largest commercial satellite operator, in a deal that values the company at about $5 billion.
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Comcast shareholders should be thrilled with the Sony-MGM deal.
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So when a consortium of investors led by the Sony Corporation of America announced that it had reached a deal in principle to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for nearly $5 billion, it came
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TOKYO - Sony Corp. is banking on the $3 billion deal to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc...
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares jumped more than 7 percent on Wednesday on a report that a deal to acquire the company for up to $5 billion could be announced as early as next week.
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A consortium led by Sony Corp. that includes cable television giant Comcast Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire venerable film studio Metro-Goldyn-Mayer, the parties said Thursday.
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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.
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With its acquisition of Hollywood film  studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Corp is one step closer to its  vision of linking hardware and content, and to winning the key  battle for the next generation DVD.
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Bertelsmann AG plans to retain ownership  of Sony BMG after determining it can afford to pay 4.5 billion  euros (&#36;5.8 billion) to buy back a stake in the German media  conglomerate without selling its half of the world&#039;s second  biggest music company.
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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 &#36;2.85 billion plus debt, giving it MGM's film library to exploit in DVD and newer digital media markets.
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Under a definitive agreement reached Thursday by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. and a consortium led by Sony Corporation of America, MGM will continue to operate as a private movie-making company
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A bidding group headlined by Sony Corp. (6758.T) agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  for nearly &#36;5 billion on Monday, after rival bidder Time Warner Inc.  withdrew from the auction.
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LOS ANGELES, SEPT 14: A consortium led by Sony Corp has agreed in principle to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc for nearly $3 billion.