Know What's Happening in M&A
Know What's Happening in M&A
Goldman Sachs finalized the purchase of Innovator Capital Management, bringing roughly $31 billion in assets under supervision into its ETF platform. The deal expands Goldman’s active ETF suite to 240 funds, positioning it among the world’s ten largest active ETF providers.
New Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon announced that the franchise will abandon its recent development‑first approach in favor of a win‑oriented culture. The statement follows the NBA Board of Governors' approval of the $4.25 billion sale of the team, and comes...
Soluna Holdings completed a $53 million acquisition of the Briscoe Wind Farm in West Texas, securing renewable power for its AI‑focused data centers. At the same time, environmental groups urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject TeraWulf’s purchase of a...
Franklin Resources (NYSE:BEN) announced it will acquire crypto‑asset manager 250 Digital, creating a new Franklin Crypto unit. The transaction, slated to close in the second quarter, will be partially paid with BENJI tokens tied to its blockchain‑based mutual fund. By...
Starbucks has finalized a transaction with Boyu Capital, transferring a 60% controlling interest in its China business while retaining a 40% stake and licensing the brand. The partnership aims to accelerate expansion from roughly 8,000 stores to 20,000 across China,...
Versant announced the acquisition of StockStory, an AI‑powered financial‑insights platform, to reinforce CNBC’s digital investing capabilities. While the purchase price was not disclosed, the deal brings StockStory’s founder Adam Hejl into Versant’s product organization. The move aligns with Versant’s broader...
Intel completed a $14.2 billion transaction to buy back Apollo’s 49% stake in its Fab 34 plant in Ireland, restoring full ownership. The deal lifted Intel’s stock nearly 5% and underscored the massive capital needed to compete in advanced chip manufacturing, a...
Warner Music Group announced a definitive agreement to acquire Revelator, the independent‑focused B2B distribution and rights‑management platform, with closing expected next quarter. HYBE is injecting $100 million into its U.S. arm, HYBE America, to strengthen its North American operations. Sony Music...
My Inside Orchard essay this week is about OpenAI buying TBPN. I discuss two reasons OpenAI is buying the media company and the holes in OpenAI’s logic. It’s a Hail Mary pass with low odds of succeeding as planned.
Hailo Technologies, an Israeli edge‑AI chip maker valued at $1.2 billion, is preparing a SPAC merger to raise liquidity and list on a U.S. exchange. The deal, disclosed through De lek Automotive filings, would cut the company’s valuation to under $500 million. Hailo’s...
In March 2026 the UK public M&A market recorded three Rule 2.7 firm offers, highlighted by Zurich Insurance Group’s recommended cash bid for Beazley plc valued at £8.1 billion (≈ $10.3 billion), Helios Consortium’s hostile pre‑conditional cash offer for CAB Payments Holdings plc of...
OpenAI’s recent acquisition of the tech‑focused media brand TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network) is examined, with speculation on the deal’s valuation and its strategic purpose ahead of OpenAI’s IPO. The hosts explain TBPN’s unique format—daily three‑hour live streams featuring deep...
10 months ago, I predicted OpenAI would buy media companies. This week they did. 58K subscribers. Nine figures. Under their political strategy team. Without original journalism, AI is a snake eating its own tail. This is the new model. TBPN is the opening...
Amazon is in advanced discussions to buy Globalstar for roughly $9 billion, a deal that would add the LEO operator’s 24‑32 satellites to Amazon’s Leo constellation. The transaction would also involve Apple, which holds a 20% stake in Globalstar, and could...
OpenAI has acquired TBPN, a fast‑growing daily livestream that covers technology and business, keeping the show's editorial independence while folding it into OpenAI’s global affairs unit. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, marks the AI firm’s most visible...
Paramount Pictures has announced a pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the largest media merger of the year. California Attorney General Rob Bonta warned the state will aggressively challenge the deal, citing red‑flag concerns over competition, newsroom consolidation and...
This #WeekendReading: A recent study from Advisor Growth Strategies' 2026 RIA Deal Room Report finds that while RIA mergers and acquisitions activity continues to break records in terms of volume and valuations, not all sellers are necessarily able to cash in...
The latest study shows RIA merger and acquisition activity remains record‑breaking, yet sellers who demonstrate strong organic growth, a clear client niche, streamlined operations, and an engaged next‑generation team achieve higher returns. Firms that grant shared equity to advisors and...
Eight states and the District of Columbia have sued Kroger and Albertsons, demanding roughly $10.35 million to reimburse attorney fees and litigation expenses incurred during the antitrust review of their proposed $24.6 billion merger. The merger, which would have created the largest...
Q1 saw rare consumer megadeals as firms seek scale to counter slowing growth, tariffs and shifting tastes. Risks: integration and regulatory hurdles. Trade insight: buy McCormick for M&A premium capture. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Red Lobster did go bankrupt after a PE firm bought them. But it was also after that PE firm sold them to a non-PE company. There’s an elitist strain to economic populism where they have utter contempt for the people they’re...
Owner Resource Group (ORG) announced the sale of its Bill Gosling Outsourcing platform to Frontenac, a Chicago‑based private‑equity firm, with the transaction closing on March 23, 2026. Bill Gosling, a global BPO serving fintech, auto‑finance, digital‑native and utilities clients, grew...
OpenAI (infrastructure) bought TBPN (storytellers) for low hundreds of millions. The founders gave up ad sales and editorial independence. I watched Viacom make this exact bet with XFire in 2006. The storytellers could not run the infrastructure business. Deja Vu...
the 9-figure acquisitions of The Free Press and TBPN tell you that: - yes, most media properties are overvalued and sinking - but also, some are way way undervalued bullish on the next gen
OpenAI has bought TBPN, a fast‑growing live tech‑and‑business show, integrating the program into its global affairs team. The deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, signals OpenAI’s deeper foray into media and raises questions about editorial independence as AI firms...
FlexGen moves to expand offerings with acquisition of Clean Energy Services #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/gH2wMVbd2S
If you are wondering why @openai bought @tbpn, then you have to go back to 1902 to get an answer, from an unlikely and the least capitalistic of sources. My short and sweet column from last evening (tip @techmeme). https://t.co/OUAfFSYMS6
Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the acquisition of London‑based machine‑learning company Cinemersive Labs, adding volumetric 3‑D imaging expertise to its Visual Computing Group. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the move signals Sony’s push to sharpen PlayStation graphics through AI‑driven upscaling.
Engine and Nuqleous, two Northwest Arkansas data‑analytics firms, have merged under the Engine brand to offer a unified retail data, analytics, data‑science and shelf‑execution platform for CPG manufacturers. Private equity firm Rubicon Technology Partners remains the majority investor, and CEO...
OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, has acquired TBPN, a 2024‑launched online talk show that interviews tech CEOs. The ad‑supported program is forecast to earn $30 million in 2026, marking OpenAI’s first foray into media ownership and prompting debate over AI firms...
What if the OpenAI-buying-TBPN deal is not a signal of anything but just the egos involved, similar to CBS buying The Free Press? Because-they-can sometimes is the simplest, best and the real explanation.
Amazon is in advanced talks to acquire satellite telecom group Globalstar, a move intended to accelerate its Project Kuiper broadband constellation. Kuiper currently operates 180 satellites and targets a 3,200‑satellite network to challenge SpaceX’s Starlink, which runs over 9,500 satellites....
Cargojet Airways announced it will divest its 25% minority stake in U.S. carrier 21 Air to undisclosed buyers. The move is part of a strategic shift to concentrate on its domestic network, ACMI and charter services. The original investment, made in...
Radio Catskill, operating WJFF 90.5 FM, announced a merger with fellow Catskills community station WIOX. Under a memorandum of understanding, Radio Catskill will acquire substantially all of WIOX’s assets, including its FM license, and integrate the stations under a single...
Titanium Transportation Group completed its management‑led take‑private transaction, valuing the company at $2.22 per share. The deal closed March 31, transferring ownership to TTNM Management Acquisition Ltd after shareholder and court approvals. As a result, the company will delist from the...
I joined @jonathanmaze on his "Deeper Dive" podcast earlier this week to discuss the Sysco/Restaurant Depot deal. #restaurant #distribution #Sysco $SYY https://t.co/aJyWwsj04T
Bed Bath & Beyond announced a $150 million acquisition of The Container Store, adding over 100 retail locations and 2.2 million square feet of space. The deal, expected to close in July, will rebrand stores as The Container Store/Bed Bath & Beyond, merging storage expertise...
Rodeo FX has merged its Paris VFX, advertising, experiential, and Mikros Animation divisions into a single 40,000‑square‑foot studio in the city’s 10th arrondissement. The consolidation follows the company’s acquisition of Mikros and aims to centralize production, improve pipeline efficiency, and...
Public Citizen, the NAACP and other groups have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to block TeraWulf’s purchase of the 216‑MW Morgantown power plant in Maryland, alleging that the seller failed to disclose Google’s 14% ownership stake obtained through...
Wireless carrier T‑Mobile and private‑equity firm TPG are reportedly evaluating a joint acquisition of Uniti Group’s fiber‑to‑the‑home business and its enterprise fiber assets. The prospect has lifted Uniti’s shares 6.7% to $10.01, underscoring market interest in consolidating broadband infrastructure.
OpenAI announced the acquisition of TBPN, the Silicon Valley‑focused tech‑talk show, for a price estimated at low hundreds of millions of dollars. The deal brings a 70,000‑viewer editorial team into OpenAI’s strategy group while preserving the show’s editorial independence, signaling...
OpenAI announced the acquisition of the daily tech‑talk show TBPN, bringing its hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays into the company’s strategy organization. The price was not disclosed, though analysts cite “low hundreds of millions” and note TBPN’s $5 million ad...
TotalEnergies and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar signed a $2.2 billion 50/50 joint venture to build 9 GW of on‑shore solar, wind and battery storage projects across nine Asian countries. The new entity will combine 3 GW of operating assets with a 6 GW pipeline slated...
Shionogi has completed a $2.5 billion purchase of global rights to the ALS drug Radicava from Tanabe Pharma. The deal adds a rare‑disease asset and an established U.S. commercial platform, projecting roughly $700 million in revenue beginning fiscal 2026. Simultaneously, the escalating...
The Morning SPAC News Roundup for April 3, 2026 compiles the latest special‑purpose acquisition company filings, de‑SPAC transactions, and market commentary. While the full article is behind a subscription wall, the teaser indicates a continued slowdown in SPAC IPO activity, with volumes...
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise has secured approval from the National Company Law Tribunal’s Chennai bench for its proposed composite scheme of arrangement, which involves restructuring its digital health, pharmacy and related businesses across four entities. The plan calls for spinning off...
Two U.S. food giants announced blockbuster acquisitions in early April, with Sysco agreeing to buy Jetro Restaurant Depot for roughly $29 billion and McCormick planning a near‑$45 billion purchase of Unilever’s food division. The deals placed both companies inside the global top‑10...
The White House announced 100% tariffs on branded drug imports from countries lacking trade agreements, prompting biotech firms to reassess supply‑chain and pricing strategies. Eli Lilly secured a rapid FDA approval for Foundayo, the first oral small‑molecule GLP‑1 for chronic weight...
D.C. Memo: Circle City's McCoy Requests @AGomezFCC Meeting to Discuss @wrtv Growth Plan; McCoy, president and CEO of Circle City Broadcasting, initiated a round of layoffs after paying $83 million to acquire ABC affiliate WRTV in Indianapolis with an...
Private‑equity houses are accelerating acquisitions of Japanese fast‑food chains, drawn by the country's appetite for low‑cost U.S. brands. Bloomberg notes the wave of buyouts signals a broader cross‑border roll‑up strategy, even as deal specifics remain undisclosed.
