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Disney to Sell 50% Stake in A+E Global Media to Hearst

The reported all-cash, billion-dollar sale would shift ownership of profitable cable brands from Disney to Hearst.

CMA Media Moves to Sell Nine BFM Local Channels to Secure €20 Million in Savings

Gruppo Sae Completes Acquisition of La Stampa

James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems Acquires New York Magazine, Vox and Its Podcast Network

Canal+ Moves to Blacklist 600 French Filmmakers Who Signed Anti-Bolloré Petition

Barry Diller Says He Would Buy CNN Immediately

UK Approves Axel Springer’s £575 Million Takeover of The Telegraph

Netflix Sets March 13 Debut for Dynasty: The Murdochs, a Four-Part Deep Dive Into a Media Empire

Rheinische Post Mediengruppe Agrees to Acquire Westfälische Medien Holding

Axel Springer Backs £500m Efune Bid for the Telegraph, Challenging DMGT Deal

Hong Kong Court Hands Jimmy Lai 20-Year Sentence Under National Security Law

Hong Kong Court Convicts Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Under National Security Law

DMGT Secures Funding for £500m Telegraph Takeover as RedBird Steps Aside

Comcast Elevates Mike Cavanagh to Co-CEO With Brian Roberts Starting 2026

Murdoch Family Settles Succession Fight, Secures Lachlan’s Control of Fox and News Corp

Nexstar to Acquire Tegna in $22-a-Share Cash Deal, Creating Local TV Giant

Bezos’s Reported Interest in CNBC Met With Denials as Versant Spin-Off Moves Forward

Hearst to Acquire Dallas Morning News and Medium Giant, Ending 140-Year Local Ownership

EU Clears Liberty Media’s €4.3 Billion Takeover of MotoGP Rights Holder

Netflix’s ‘Legado’ Premieres Tomorrow, Exploring Family Power Struggles and Political Contradictions