Comcast, Warner Bros Discovery to lead 2025 deal-making
Financial Express Kochi|December 14, 2024
Orchestrating Corporate Manoeuvres
Benjamin Mullin & Lauren Hirsch December 13

The people in charge of the world's biggest media firms are setting the stage for a flurry of deal-making. The moguls are orchestrating corporate maneuvers that could usher in a sweeping reordering of the media industry in 2025.

Among them are the leaders of Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent firm of CNN; Comcast, the owner of NBC; and John Malone, the influential investor behind Live Nation. In addition, Paramount, the owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, could soon have a new owner in David Ellison, who has access to billions of dollars in capital that could be used to strike additional deals.

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