List of 2,412 Acquired Media Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
TEGNA Acquired Standard General 2022-02-22 $8.6B Tysons, Virginia, United States website	Media	2,938	36	26	10
Meredith Acquired Dotdash Meredith 2021-10-06 $2.7B Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Media	2,849	29	19	10
Viacom Acquired Paramount 2019-08-13 $15.4B New York, New York, United States website	Media	12,943	21	17	4
BMG Rights Management GmbH Acquired Bertelsmann 2013-04-02 Berlin, Germany website	Media	-	13	13	-
NBC Universal, Inc. Acquired Comcast 2013-02-12 New York, New York, United States website	Media	-	19	13	6
Ziff Davis, Inc. (old) Acquired Ziff Davis 2012-11-16 $175M New York, New York, United States website	Media	-	13	11	2
Fairfax Media Acquired Nine Entertainment 2018-12-01 Pyrmont, Australia website	Media	1,207	16	11	5
iSentia Acquired Access Intelligence 2021-06-16 $67M Strawberry Hills, Australia website	Media	78	9	9	-
DMGT Acquired Rothermere Continuation 2021-11-03 London, United Kingdom website	Media	1,362	19	8	11
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. 2017-07-31 $14.6B Knoxville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	3,401	9	8	1
Sky plc Acquired Comcast 2018-09-22 $38.8B Isleworth, United Kingdom website	Media	18,419	10	8	2
Tribune Media Co. Acquired Nexstar Media Group 2018-12-03 $6.4B Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Media	1,849	14	7	7
Universal Music Group, Inc. Acquired Tencent Holdings 2020-03-31 Santa Monica, California, United States website	Media	-	8	7	1
Hal Leonard Acquired Muse Group 2023-12-05 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States website	Media	-	6	6	-
Carmike Cinemas, Inc. Acquired AMC 2016-03-03 $1.1B Columbus, Georgia, United States website	Media	804	7	6	1
On Location Acquired TKO 2025-02-28 New York, New York, United States website	Media	-	5	5	-

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