M&A Deal Summary

Key Brand Entertainment Acquires Live Nation Entertainment - North American Theatrical Business

On January 24, 2008, Key Brand Entertainment acquired media company Live Nation Entertainment - North American Theatrical Business from Live Nation

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Key Brand Entertainment’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Key Brand Entertainment’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Key Brand Entertainment’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-01-24
Target Live Nation Entertainment - North American Theatrical Business
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Key Brand Entertainment
Sellers(s) Live Nation
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Live Nation Entertainment - North American Theatrical Business

Beverly Hills, California, United States
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. - North American Theatrical Business includes theatrical services in US.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Key Brand Entertainment

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Key Brand Entertainment, Inc. develops, produces, distributes, and markets Broadway theatre worldwide.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Media M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-16 Broadway.com

New York, New York, United States

Broadway.com, Inc. provides online theater ticketing and phone sales services for traveling consumers and theater patrons in New York area.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Live Nation

Beverly Hills, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2005
Sector Media
Employees16,200
Revenue 23.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Live Nation's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.
Entrance to Live Nation's headquarters in Beverly Hills, California.

Live Nation is a live entertainment company. Live Nation produces live music concerts; owns, operates, has exclusive booking rights for or has an equity interest in 148 venues, including House of Blues music venues and locations such as The Fillmore in San Francisco, the Hollywood Palladium, the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam and The O2 Dublin; provides ticketing sales and marketing services; and provides artist management services. Live Nation was formed in 2005 and is based in Beverly Hills, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 7
Sector: Media M&A 2 of 6
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 4
State: California M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 2 of 6
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-15 Signatures Network

United States

Signatures Network is a provider of media services in US.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-12 Fantasma Productions

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Fantasma Productions, Inc. is am entertainment and production company provides events in US.

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