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Sony Wants a Bite of Anime Streamer Crunchyroll (Report)

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSony, the Japanese entertainment and software giant, may be poised to buy control of anime streaming platform Crunchyroll.

The site is currently owned by AT&T, which is believed to have sought buyers for it earlier this year.The Sony angle emerged from a report late last week in Japan’s prestigious Nikkei newspaper.

The Nikkei said that talks have advanced sufficiently that Sony now has exclusive negotiating rights on a Crunchyroll purchase.The deal would have a price tag of JPY100 or $960 million at current rates of exchange.

That is a significant step down from a $1.5 billion asking price reported by The Information in August.Sony has performed relatively strongly this year, despite the negative impact of.

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