Senior Deals Reporter @Bloomberg News. Cover M&A across sectors w/ focus on health, media, telco, consumer. Tips: mdavis194@bloomberg.net | Telegram @mdavis194
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Programming note: I'm adding consumer/retail M&A to my beat while continuing to cover deals across sectors including health, media and telecom.
Here's my take on the recent boom in consumer deals:
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Scoop! Roku, the $20 billion streaming platform, is in talks for a potential sale, sources tell us. $ROKU
Story with @rngould @DNair5 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Scoop: LongRange Capital is in exclusive talks to buy Pizza Hut from Yum Brands, sources say. Story just hit @TheTerminal $YUM
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🍕🍕 story link here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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~personal news~ I've joined Bloomberg to cover Activist Investor! Reach out to me about shareholder activism, proxy battles and related situations. msun311@bloomberg.net or 646-617-3526
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NEW: IHeart and SiriusXM are discussing a deal that would combine the largest radio station owner and the largest satellite radio company in the US.
Scoop with @ashleyrcarman and @MichelleF_Davis
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Scoop: Deutsche Telekom is exploring a potential combination with T-Mobile, sources tell us, in what would rank as the biggest public M&A deal of all time.
$DTE already controls $TMUS but the move would eliminate the dual structure between them, sources say. On @TheTerminal
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Scoop w/ @MichelleF_Davis: Biogen has agreed to acquire Apellis Pharmaceuticals for $5.6 billion, expanding its treatments in immunology and rare diseases in one of the company’s largest-ever acquisitions
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Programming note: I'm adding consumer/retail M&A to my beat while continuing to cover deals across sectors including health, media and telecom.
Here's my take on the recent boom in consumer deals:
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Mar 27
Flattered/honored that our @SABEW honored our coverage of the Warner Bros deal with its best in business prize.
Also intrigued to learn that CNBC qualifies as a medium to small news organization.
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Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard just issued statements saying they’re in merger talks, confirming our spirits scoop from earlier today 🥃🍸$RI $BF
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Big alcohol scoop: French beverages giant Pernod-Ricard is weighing a deal for Jack Daniels maker Brown-Forman. $RI $BF.B @business @RuthsDavid @MichelleF_Davis @DNair5
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Big alcohol scoop: French beverages giant Pernod-Ricard is weighing a deal for Jack Daniels maker Brown-Forman. $RI $BF.B @business @RuthsDavid @MichelleF_Davis @DNair5
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Feb 27
Last Saturday, Netflix was the heavy favorite to buy Warner Bros.
What changed? How did David Ellison pull it off? Why did Netflix back off?
Behind the scenes of one of the biggest deals in business history with @MichelleF_Davis and @joshua_sisco
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Feb 26
Netflix is OUT.
Paramount is going to buy Warner Bros. Discovery
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Michelle F. Davis retweeted
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Warner Bros is going to resume talks with Paramount after two months of rejecting them.
The company still says it’s committed to Netflix but needs to find out just how much the Ellisons will offer.
(Confirms our story from Sunday.)
Warner Bros agrees to temporarily reopen sale negotiations with rival Hollywood studio Paramount, setting the stage for a potential second bidding war with Netflix bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Feb 15
New: Warner Bros. is considering re-engaging with Paramount following its latest offer pressure from some shareholders.
WB still has a binding deal with Netflix, which would have the right to match any offer.
Scoop with @MichelleF_Davis
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Feb 11
Activist investor Ancora Holdings is urging the board of Warner Bros. Discovery to reject the offer by Netflix and reconsider a competing bid by Paramount Skydance, adding a new plot twist to one of Hollywood’s biggest takeover battles.
@MichelleF_Davis discusses with @daniburgz bloom.bg/4r5Ts3c
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