Remember those rumors, oh, eight years ago about how Sony was a target for acquisition?
No more. Still, don’t say merger yet.
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Deadline has confirmed that Sony Picture Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra has been in talks with Apollo Global Management about making a go for Paramount. This despite Skydance/Redbird Capital being in exclusive talks with Paramount Global‘s majority shareholder National Amusements to take control of the studio.
The Apollo and Sony deal is reportedly an all-cash one for outstanding stock in Paramount, in total making the studio private through a joint venture, per the New York Times in a story today. It’s not clear how Sony would be involved, or if it’s merely in management expertise. Our…
