MGM studios to be bought by Sony
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hollywood's last major independent, is set to accept a Sony offer worth $5bn.
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Sony will be taking over United Artists, a brand name with a long history and a certain cachet in the movie business.
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A group of companies led by Sony Corp of America which includes cable television&#39;s Comcast Corp. on Thursday said it has signed a definite agreement to acquire film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
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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, snatching it from Time Warner at the 11th hour.
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Real estate investment trust Maguire Properties Inc. agreed to buy the Orange County and Downtown Los Angeles properties formerly owned by Equity Office Properties from private equity firm Blackstone Group for about $2.88 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
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A bidding group headlined by Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM.
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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.
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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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On Monday, billionaire 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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Hollywood Entertainment Corp. , which may face a hostile takeover bid by Blockbuster Inc. , on Monday agreed to be bought by smaller rival Movie Gallery Inc.  for about &#36;850 million in a merger of two big U.S. video rental chains.
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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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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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Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate Sony Corp said on Wednesday it was still in talks to buy the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. film studio, which is also talking to Time Warner Inc.
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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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Sony is a step closer to acquiring famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in a $3 billion deal that would give it a considerable library of more than 4,100 titles.
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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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Video rental giant Hollywood Entertainment Corp. has agreed to a buyout offer of nearly $850 million from smaller rival Movie Gallery Inc. in a deal that would create a stronger challenger to the industry leader, Blockbuster Inc.