#Industry Consolidation

Articles (7)

• 🇺🇸 US spirits maker Sazerac explores deal with Brown-Forman, WSJ reports — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Mergers & Acquisitions, #Consumer Goods
• 🇺🇸 Noah Wyle on Negotiating With HBO Over ‘The Pitt’ ICE Storyline, Season 3’s Time Jump and Why Paramount Buying Warner Bros. Is ‘Not Good For Labor’ — 09/04/2026 [USA]

   Noah Wyle really loves Hollywood. The actor, a third-generation Angelino, grew up just north of Hollywood Boulevard and has taken thousands of steps over the stars on the Walk of Fame. “There was a p...

  Related: #Television Production, #Creative Labor
• 🇺🇸 Primary Wave Acquires Fellow Indie Music Publisher Kobalt — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  Independent music publisher Primary Wave is acquiring industry peer Kobalt, creating a larger player in a sector that is gained value in the streaming era. The deal brings together Kobalt, which typic...

  Related: #Music Publishing
• 🇺🇸 OpenAI to acquire Astral — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools

  Related: #AI Acquisition
• 🇺🇸 Mercedes interest in Alpine buy-in confirmed — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Mercedes are among the parties interested in buying a minority stake in Alpine's Formula 1 team, Flavio Briatore has confirmed.

  Related: #Automotive Investment
• 🇺🇸 AMC CEO Gushes Over Netflix, Says “Companies Should Be Best Of Friends” As Theater Owners Criticize Streamer On Window Stance — 26/02/2026 [USA]

  With exhibitors, guilds and filmmakers like James Cameron scared that a Netflix and Warner Bros merger “will be disastrous for the theatrical motion picture business,” along comes No. 1 theater circui...

  Related: #Streaming-Theater Relations, #Business Strategy
• 🇺🇸 Banijay Rights’ Cathy Payne On Industry Shifts & Balancing Big & Boutique Distribution — London TV Screenings — 22/02/2026 [USA]

  Banijay is one the founders of the London TV Screenings alongside All3Media, Fremantle and ITV Studios, and the event is now a firm fixture on the international TV calendar. As the 2026 Screenings get...

  Related: #Distribution Strategies, #Market Dynamics