List of 372 Companies that have Divested Media Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Microsoft NASDAQ : MSFT Redmond, Washington, United States website	Software	211,915	227	213	14
WPP London Stock Exchange : WPP London, United Kingdom website	Marketing	22,852	101	95	6
Experian London Stock Exchange : EXPN Dublin, Ireland website	Information Services	10,925	75	65	10
AOL Acquired Verizon Communications 2015-05-12 $4.4B New York, New York, United States website	Internet Software and Services	2,319	75	64	11
Cognizant NASDAQ : CTSH Teaneck, New Jersey, United States website	Information Technology	19,353	56	55	1
Sumitomo Tokyo (TSE) : 8053 Tokyo, Japan website	Distribution	45,482	53	45	8
Live Nation NYSE : LYV Beverly Hills, California, United States website	Media	22,749	51	44	7
General Electric NYSE : GE Boston, Massachusetts, United States website	Diversified	67,594	86	41	45
AT&T NYSE : T Dallas, Texas, United States website	Communications	122,428	61	37	24
NCR Voyix NYSE : VYX Atlanta, Georgia, United States website	Information Technology	3,830	39	35	4
Akamai Technologies NASDAQ : AKAM Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States website	Information Technology	3,812	36	34	2
Hearst Private New York, New York, United States website	Media	9,000	35	29	6
Ericsson Stockholm Stock Exchange : ERIC Stockholm, Sweden website	Technology Hardware	31,172	39	29	10
Pearson London Stock Exchange : PSON London, United Kingdom website	Publishing	5,656	45	29	16
Interpublic Acquired Omnicom Group 2024-12-09 $13.25B New York, New York, United States website	Marketing	10,889	32	28	4
Delinian PE Backed Astorg Partners Epiris 2022-11-24 London, United Kingdom website	Media	517	36	28	8

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