Sony ends a Hollywood era with pact to buy MGM studios
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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 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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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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Video rental giant Hollywood Entertainment Corp. has agreed to a buyout offer of about $850 million from smaller rival Movie Gallery Inc. in a deal that would create a stronger challenger to the industry leader Blockbuster Inc.
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Sony Corp. is banking on the &#36;3 billion deal to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. to boost lagging profits by exploiting potential link ups between its electronics and entertainment businesses.
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A consortium led by Sony Corp. has agreed in principle to acquire famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. for nearly $3 billion, MGM said late yesterday.
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After months of negotiations both intense and quite frankly far too boring to discuss here previously, the future of MGM - one of the greatest studios in Hollywood history â-ooks to have been decided today, after Time Warner pulled out of the bidding
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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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A consortium led by Sony reached a tentative agreement to buy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Hollywood studio for about $4.9 billion.
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LOS ANGELES : A group led by Japan&#39;s Sony Corp. struck an agreement in principle to acquire Hollywood&#39;s Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, a source close to the deal said after Time Warner dropped its offer.
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Hollywoodâs movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters.
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LOS ANGELES - A consortium led by Sony Corp. has agreed in principle to acquire famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc...
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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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A consortium led by Sony Corp. of America that includes Comcast Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc.
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Sony Computer Entertainment said it and  Immersion Corp.  agreed to end a patent litigation and  entered into an agreement to explore the inclusion of  Immersion's technology in Sony's PlayStation format products.
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MGM, the beleaguered Hollywood studio currently being acquired by a consortium of buyers led by Sony Pictures, will continue to co-produce movies as a private company once the takeover is complete.
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A consortium led by Japan&#39;s Sony Corporation has bought the Hollywood MGM Studio to mine MGM&#39;s lucrative library for the booming DVD market.