List of Largest Acquired Media Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
21st Century Fox Acquired Walt Disney 2017-12-14 $66.1B New York, New York, United States website	Media	28,987	5	3	2
WarnerMedia Acquired Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. 2021-12-22 New York, New York, United States website	Media	28,118	10	4	6
Sky plc Acquired Comcast 2018-09-22 $38.8B Isleworth, United Kingdom website	Media	18,419	10	8	2
Viacom Acquired Paramount 2019-08-13 $15.4B New York, New York, United States website	Media	12,943	21	17	4
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
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
Tribune Media Co. Acquired Nexstar Media Group 2018-12-03 $6.4B Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Media	1,849	14	7	7
Starz LLC Acquired Lions Gate Entertainment 2016-06-30 $4.4B Englewood, Colorado, United States website	Media	1,700	-	-	-
Ziggo Acquired Liberty Global 2014-01-27 Groningen, Netherlands website	Media	1,578	2	2	-
Media General Acquired Nexstar Media Group 2016-01-27 $4.6B Richmond, Virginia, United States website	Media	1,304	9	2	7
World Wrestling Entertainment Acquired Endeavor 2023-04-03 $9.3B Stamford, Connecticut, United States website	Media	1,292	-	-	-
Fairfax Media Acquired Nine Entertainment 2018-12-01 Pyrmont, Australia website	Media	1,207	16	11	5
DA Consortium Acquired Hakuhodo Holdings 2019-02-05 Tokyo, Japan website	Media	1,200	1	1	-
Seat Pagine Gialle Acquired Italiaonline 2016-03-06 Milano, Italy website	Media	1,156	7	3	4
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. Acquired NBC Universal, Inc. 2016-04-28 $3.8B Glendale, California, United States website	Media	916	5	3	2

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