“Amazon joins MGM,” Amazon said Thursday as the $8.5 billion deal announced last May closes.“MGM has a nearly century-long legacy of producing exceptional entertainment, and we share their commitment to delivering a broad slate of original films and television shows to a global audience,” said Mike Hopkins, senior vice president of Prime Video and Amazon Studios. “We welcome MGM employees, creators, and talent to Prime Video and Amazon Studios, and we look forward to working together to create even more opportunities to deliver quality storytelling to our customers.”“We are excited for MGM and its bounty of iconic brands, legendary films and television series, and our incredible team and creative partners to join the Prime Video family,” said Chris Brearton, chief operating officer of MGM. “MGM has been responsible for the creation of some of the most well-known and critically acclaimed films and television series of the past century.
We look forward to continuing that tradition as we head into this next chapter, coming together with the great team at Prime Video and Amazon Studios to provide audiences with the very best in entertainment for years to come.News means the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission has not, as expected, filed to block the merger or impose conditions on for the historic deal which comes just as another mega-combo of WarnerMedia and Discovery gets set to close in April.Earlier this week, Amazon has won unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $8.5 billion acquisition of the storied U.S.
movie studio. The European Commission decided the deal wouldn’t pose competition concerns in Europe.The e-commerce giant with its massive market cap of $1.4 trillion acquired the century-old studio behind the James Bond
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