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Disney-Reliance India Mega Merger: Companies Agree To Non-Binding Term Sheet; Deal Would Create Media & Entertainment Powerhouse

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Disney has taken another big step toward realigning its India strategy. The company has signed a non-binding term sheet with Reliance Industries that would see the two merge their Indian operations, the completion of which would create one of India’s biggest entertainment empires. The news was first reported by The Economic Times.
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Hulu President Kelly Campbell Out ‘Effective Immediately’
Twitter.Campbell has been with the company for four years. She was named president in 2020.Campbell replaced Randy Freer, who himself exited amid a reorganization last year that had consolidated the streaming service’s operations under Disney’s direct-to-consumer and international unit, which was then run by Kevin Mayer.
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Kevin Mayer Reiterates English Premier League Rights Ambitions, States Global Acquisition Plans for New Media Company
Naman Ramachandran Kevin Mayer, chair of live sports streaming service DAZN, has confirmed his ambitions of acquiring rights to the globally popular English Premier League (EPL) soccer championship.In May, rights to the EPL, worth £5 billion ($7 billion) remained with the existing trio of Sky, Amazon, and BT Sport and DAZN was not permitted to participate in the bidding process.Speaking at the Royal Television Society convention at Cambridge on Wednesday, the former Disney and TikTok top executive described that process as an “unusual circumstance.” “We’d like to be able to compete for rights when they come up,” Mayer said.
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Kevin Mayer Teases Further Acquisitions From Blackstone-Backed Media Firm & Talks Potential DAZN Premier League UK Rights Deal – RTS Convention
Former Disney and TikTok executive Kevin Mayer invited the audience at today’s RTS Convention in the UK to pitch names for his new, still untitled media company, which is backed by investment firm Blackstone. He might want to come up with one soon, as the outfit’s high-profile acquisition drive, which has seen it secure a megabucks deal for Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, doesn’t look set to abate any time soon.
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Will Smith’s Westbrook in Talks to Sell to Kevin Mayer’s and Tom Staggs’s Media Company
for $900 million. Hello Sunshine is the production company behind HBO’s “Big Little Lies,” Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” and Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show” — all of which starred Witherspoon.
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Will Smith/Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios In Sale Talks With Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Blackstone-Backed Media Venture
Westbrook Studios, the Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith company behind Telluride favorite King Richard and series Red Table Talk and Cobra Kai, has held exploratory talks with a number of potential buyers including the new venture led by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs and backed by the Blackstone Group.
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Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook In Talks to Sell to Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Media Venture
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaWill Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Inc. could become the latest celebrity-backed media company to secure a splashy deal.
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Jeff Sagansky and Faiza Saeed Join TheGrill on Sept. 29-30
Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Jeff Sagansky and Faiza Saeed will join TheWrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman at TheGrill 2021, presented by WrapPRO, on September 29-30. “Acquire or Die: Navigating the Era of Mega-Mergers & SPACS” will address the explosion of Hollywood mergers and the ramifications of ongoing industry consolidation. After WarnerMedia and Discovery, Amazon and MGM and the rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS), is this the path to sustainability?Mayer and Staggs recently announced plans to acquire Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine at a $900 million valuation as part of their yet-unnamed media venture, backed by Blackstone.
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Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs Say Hello Sunshine Deal is ‘Cornerstone for What We’re Building’
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe $900 million acquisition of Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine by private equity giant Blackstone is a big step toward the launch of a media holding company that will revolve around the three Cs: content, commerce and community.Disney alums Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are guiding Blackstone’s investment in content ventures and will serve as co-CEOs of the unnamed holding company that will house Hello Sunshine and other banners. Mayer and Staggs told Variety on Monday that Hello Sunshine is the exemplar of the kind of production companies that they are shopping for at present.“We want companies that are producing meaningful, category-defining content brands that resonate with their chosen audiences.
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine sold for $900 million
Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine chief executive Sarah Harden will join the board of the new company and will continue to operate the business.
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Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Has Been Sold for Nearly $1 Billion
Reese Witherspoon‘s company, Hello Sunshine, is being sold for a huge amount of money.
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Acquired By Blackstone-Backed Venture Run By Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs
Reese Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine (Little Fires Everywhere), has been sold to a firm backed by private-equity giant Blackstone Group, Deadline has confirmed. Terms are not disclosed. According to the WSJ, which first reported the deal, it values the company at about $900 million.
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DAZN Deals Latest Blow To Sky By Signing “Game-Changing” Boxing Deal With Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom
DAZN has signed a “game-changing” five-year deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing to televise fights in the UK and Ireland, marking the latest blow the sports streamer has struck to Comcast-owned Sky.
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Sky, Amazon & BT Sport Set To Keep Premier League Rights Until 2025 After $7B Deal Is Rolled Over
The English Premier League has announced that it has agreed in principle to roll over its £5 billion ($7B) deal with Sky, Amazon, and BT Sport for UK rights to the prestigious soccer competition.
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TikTok Names New CEO, Promoting ByteDance CFO Shouzi Chew; Interim Chief Vanessa Pappas Becomes COO
TikTok has named a new CEO and COO, calling the moves “a strategic reorganization to optimize TikTok’s global teams and support the company’s unprecedented growth.”
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TikTok Names New CEO and Chief Operating Officer
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTikTok announced a new CEO and COO, in what its Chinese parent company ByteDance said was “a strategic reorganization” to optimize the popular short-form video app’s global teams and support its continued growth.Shouzi Chew, ByteDance’s CFO, will now also become CEO of TikTok. Vanessa Pappas, who has served as interim head of TikTok, will formally assume the role of chief operating officer, continuing with her current responsibilities.It’s the first official CEO appointment for TikTok since ex-Disney exec Kevin Mayer came — and quickly went — in the post last years.
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James Murdoch, Kevin Mayer to Speak at Asia's APOS Conference
James Murdoch,Kevin Mayerand Bela Bajaria,Netflix's vp global television, are among the top executives joining the speaker lineup at APOS, Asia's influential media and entertainment industry conference. Run by regional consultancy Media Partners Asia, APOS is usually held at a high-end resort in Bali, Indonesia, but the event has pivoted over the past year to a series of online gatherings better suited to the restrictions of the pandemic era.
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James Murdoch, Kevin Mayer and Bela Bajaria Head APOS Speaker Lineup
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefJames Murdoch, Kevin Mayer and Bela Bajaria are among the prominent executives lining up to speak at the upcoming APOS conference on Asian media affairs.The conference is operated by consultancy Media Partners Asia and has for several years been held as an in-person event in Bali, Indonesia. Coronavirus reshaped last year’s APOS into a two-part all-online affair.For 2021, APOS will consist of a three-day Asia Pacific-focused conference, running April 20-22, 2021.
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SPAC Led by Ex-Disney Execs Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Raises $350 Million in IPO
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA special-purpose acquisition corporation targeting tech, media and telecom firms led by two former senior Disney execs — Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer — raised $350 million in its upsized initial public offering.The SPAC, Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II, is led by Staggs (former Disney COO) and Mayer (previously chairman of Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer and International and briefly CEO of TikTok) who both serve as co-CEOs and co-chairs of the board.
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Help Launch Second Forest Road SPAC, This Time As Co-CEOs
Entertainment finance firm Forest Road has launched its second SPAC with Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs as co-CEOs and co-chairs. Units of Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II started trading today on the New York Stock Exchange as the execs begin the search for a target company in the tech, media, telecommunications or consumer space.
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Former Disney, TikTok Exec Kevin Mayer Tapped as DAZN Chairman
Former Disney streaming chief and TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer is taking on another role in the streaming world. Mayer has been named chairman of the board of directors at DAZN Group, the global streaming sports platform.
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Disney Alum Kevin Mayer To Lead Streaming Service DAZN As Chairman, Replacing John Skipper
Kevin Mayer, whose long tenure at Disney culminated in the successful launch of Disney+, is joining sports streaming outfit DAZN as chairman.
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs and Shaquille O’Neal Team for Second SPAC
SEC filing Thursday night. Mayer and Staggs will serve as co-CEOs of this SPAC, with O’Neal as a special advisor.For the SPAC formed last year (Forest Road Acquisition Corp.) Mayer serves as a strategic adviser and Staggs as director and chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committee.
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Kevin Mayer Exploring Roll-Up of Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings, Ben Silverman's Propagate (Exclusive)
Former Disney and TikTok executive Kevin Mayer is exploring a deal to roll up several independent media and entertainment companies,including Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings and Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content,sources with knowledge of the talks tell The Hollywood Reporter. Blackstone is financing the venture and is expected to invest a minimum of $2 billion as part of an expansion of its media and entertainment holdings, says a knowledgeable source.
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Scooter Braun In Talks To Possibly Sell His Ithaca Holdings; Kevin Mayer, With Blackstone Backing Among Suitors
Began hearing this last week, but the drums are beating louder that Scooter Braun is in early discussions to sell his business, Ithaca, to former Disney and Tiktok honcho Kevin Mayer, who has backing through Blackstone. This is one of three offers being mulled.
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs Eye Rollup of Content Firms Including Scooter Braun’s SB Projects
Cynthia Littleton Business EditorDisney alums Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs are in the early stages of shopping for content companies to roll up into a larger operating company with backing from private equity giant Blackstone. High on the pair’s wish list is Scooter Braun’s media and management firm SB Projects.A source close to the situation characterized the situation as limited to Mayer and Staggs expressing interest in a potential deal with Braun’s firm, which represents such music superstars as Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and .
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Showbiz SPAC Closes $300M IPO; Forest Road With Tom Staggs, Kevin Mayer, Shaquille O’Neal Eye Media Deals
Entertainment finance firm Forest Road and a team of A-list media insiders from Tom Staggs to Kevin Mayer have closed a $300 million IPO of a new SPAC – a special purpose acquisition vehicle they’ll use to buy a private company in media, tech or telecom.
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Will there be a season 3 of 'The Punisher'? Jon Bernthal is still hopeful
The Punisher. Bernthal received critical acclaim for his performance in the Netflix series, which was unfortunately cancelled after just two seasons back in February, 2019.Since then, Craig Erwich, who is the senior Vice President of originals over at Hulu, has teased that the streaming service would be interested in bringing the show back, while Disney’s Kevin Mayer had even said there was a chance that Disney+ might bring back the Marvel show, too. During his recent interview on the Geek House Show, Bernthal responded, “There’s always hope,” when quizzed about the show’s future chances.'Friends' reunion special set to film in MarchKate Mara suffered 'horrible experience' on the set of 'Fantastic Four'The Weeknd to headline Super Bowl LV
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Disney CEO Bob Chapek Mum on ‘Mulan’ Streaming Numbers – But Teases Future PVOD Movie Releases
Also Read: Inside the 'Mulan' Flameout in China and Why Hollywood Can't Seem to Bridge the Culture GapFormer DTC head Kevin Mayer had previously warned the company would most likely never release viewership info. Nielsen Data released last month said the film was viewed for an estimated 525 million minutes in the U.S.
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Kevin Mayer Joins Len Blavatnik's Access Industries as Media Adviser
Kevin Mayer, the former Walt Disney exec who recently resigned as CEO of TikTok amid the threat of a ban over the popular social media app, has been named a senior media adviser for Russian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries. The move puts Mayer, a former chairman of Disney's direct-to-consumer business, at a company with significant media and entertainment sector investments.
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Kevin Mayer, Former Top Disney And TikTok Exec, Joins Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries In Advisory Role
Dade Hayes Finance EditorKevin Mayer, who spearheaded Disney’s pivot to direct-to-consumer streaming and briefly served as TikTok’s CEO, has joined billionaire Len Blavatnik’s investment company Access Industries as a senior media adviser.Blavatnik has stakes in Warner Music Group, which recently had a successful IPO, as well as sports streaming service DAZN and music and audio streaming outlet Deezer.Mayer, who had been in talks with private equity firm RedBird Capital, will focus on Access’ media businesses and identify new opportunities.
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Kevin Mayer, Former Disney Exec and TikTok CEO, Joins Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorKevin Mayer, previously a top Disney executive and — briefly — CEO of TikTok, has joined Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries investment firm as a senior adviser, focusing on the media sector.Mayer, who worked at Walt Disney Co. for more than two decades and steered the launch of Disney Plus a year ago, will focus on Access’ strategic media-related businesses and identify new opportunities across media, entertainment and telecommunications sectors.
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Staggs, Shaquille O’Neal Join Forces for Media-Focused Acquisition Group
a filing with the SEC, Mayer will serve as a strategic advisor, Staggs will be director and chairman of the Strategic Advisory Committe and Salil Mehta, another former Disney executive, will be the Chief Financial Officer.O’Neal will also be a strategic adviser, as will producer Mark Burg. Martin Luther King III will be a director.Also Read: Behind Kevin Mayer's Sudden Exit From TikTok: Bad Fit, Reputation FearsThe special-purpose acquisition company (or SPAC) plans to raise $250 million for acquisitions in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors.
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Former Disney Execs Tom Staggs, Kevin Mayer Teaming With Shaquille O'Neal on Media/Entertainment SPAC
The "Blank Check" bonanza continues. On Thursday, a new Special Purpose Acquisition Company called Forest Road Acquisition Corp.
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Kevin Mayer, Tom Scaggs, Shaquille O’Neal Join Forces for Media-Focused Acquisition Group
a filing with the SEC, Mayer will serve as a strategic advisor, Scaggs will be director and the Chairperson of the Strategic Advisory Committee, and Salil Mehta, another former Disney exec, will be the Chief Financial Officer.O’Neal will also be a strategic adviser, as will producer Mark Burg, and Martin Luther King III will be a director.Also Read: Behind Kevin Mayer's Sudden Exit From TikTok: Bad Fit, Reputation FearsThe special-purpose acquisition company (or SPAC) plans to raise $250 million for acquisitions in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors.
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Ex-TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer, Former Disney CFO Tom Staggs & Shaquille O’Neal Join Forest Road SPAC For Media M&A
Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThere’s a SPAC born every minute – today a new one called Forest Road Acquisition registered with the SEC to raise $250 million and hunt for media and entertainment deals with executives and advisors from former TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer and former Walt Disney CFO Tom Staggs to basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal.SPACs, or special purpose acquisition vehicles, proliferate when there’s more money floating around than there are places to invest for various reasons — now that’s mainly COVID.The SPAC is a shell company of film financing firm Forest Road. Harry Sloane and Jeff Saganksy, formerly of MGM, done a half dozen SPACs over the years.
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Kevin Mayer in Talks to Join Skydance Investor RedBird Capital
Recently departed TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer is in advanced talks to join investment firm RedBird Capital, according to a source familiar with the situation. The move would put Mayer, formerly chairman of Disney's direct-to-consumer business, at a company that has made investments across the sports, media and entertainment sectors.
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