How Janet Jackson’s Super Bowl Nip Slip Led Gave Birth To YouTube And Led To The Greatest Business Acquisition Of All Time

How Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Nip Slip Led Gave Birth To YouTube And Led To The Greatest Business Acquisition Of All Time

On April 23, 2005, a grainy 18-second clip of a guy at the zoo launched a revolution. That was the very first video ever uploaded to YouTube. Fast forward 20 years, and chances are you’ve […]

Concord’s Stem Acquisition Price Is Topping $100 Million

Photo Credit: RDNE

Photo Credit: RDNE Concord Music’s rumored acquisition of Stem Disintermedia is fetching a bigger price tag than previously thought, according to DMN sources. For those who love that music industry deal flow, here’s ‘another one’: […]

Daniel Craig Reacts To James Bond Franchise Acquisition From Amazon MGM

Producer Michael Wilson, actor Daniel Craig and producer Barbara Broccoli in 2019 promoting Craig's last outing as James Bond in "No Time to Die" (2021).

“James Bond” star Daniel Craig reacted to the news that longtime “Bond” producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have yielded creative control of the British franchise to Amazon MGM — an announcement some fans […]

Opry Entertainment Dives Into Festivals With Southern Acquisition

Opry Entertainment Group Southern Entertainment purchase

An exterior shot of Opry Entertainment Group’s Grand Ole Opry House. Photo Credit: Antony-22 Opry Entertainment Group has jumped into the music festival space by taking a majority stake in Southern Entertainment, which has a […]

Tech Titan Jon Gosier Celebrates Audigent Acquisition

Jon Gosier EXIT Party

Atlanta was buzzing this weekend as entrepreneur and film financier Jon Gosier celebrated a huge milestone—his company, Audigent, being acquired by Experian. Jon Gosier, Warren G, Erik Gordon, Cammie Johnson, Brandon Butler/ Source: Erin Kyle […]

French Billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault Considering $7 Billion Acquisition Of Creative Artists Agency

French Billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault Considering $7 Billion Acquisition Of Creative Artists Agency

Francois-Henri Pinault, the French billionaire (and husband of Salma Hayek) whose family business Kering SA counts Gucci among its many holdings, is looking to expand that portfolio by purchasing a majority stake in Creative Artists […]

SPAC ESH Acquisition Corp. Debuts on NASDAQ With $100M IPO

iHeartMedia Discreetly Files for IPO

Who says the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sector’s collapsed? Former Disney exec Allen Weiss, Magic Johnson Enterprises exec Christina Francis, 1916 Enterprises’ Jonathan Gordon, and others have debuted a $100 million SPAC that could […]

Rod Stewart Calls Off Hipgnosis Catalog Acquisition After 2 Years

Hipgnosis catalog Rod Stewart

Photo Credit: Ian Dury / CC by 3.0 Rod Stewart has called off his catalog acquisition talks with Hipgnosis Songs after a lengthy negotiation process. Steward will now take his ball home and retain ownership […]

British Regulators Block $68.7B Microsoft/Activision Acquisition

CMA blocks Microsoft Activision acquisition

Photo Credit: Alexandru Acea UK regulators have blocked Microsoft’s proposed $68.7 billion acquisition of the video game giant Activision. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) analyzed more than 3 million Microsoft and Activision documents […]