M&A Deal Summary

Major League Fishing Acquires Fishing League Worldwide

On October 10, 2019, Major League Fishing acquired media company Fishing League Worldwide

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Major League Fishing’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Major League Fishing’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Major League Fishing’s 1st transaction in Kentucky.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-10-10
Target Fishing League Worldwide
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Major League Fishing
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Fishing League Worldwide

Benton, Kentucky, United States
Fishing League Worldwide is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete in more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments across five circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, FLW and their partners offer a High School Fishing and College Fishing Series, the Bass Fishing League (BFL) series for grassroots anglers, the Costa FLW Series for aspiring professionals and the FLW Tour, which showcases some of the top anglers in the world.

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Buyer

Major League Fishing

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Category Company
Founded 2011
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Major League Fishing LLC brings the high-intensity sport of competitive bass fishing into America’s living rooms on Outdoor Channel, Discovery, CBS, CBS Sports Network, World Fishing Network, Sportsman Channel and on-demand on MyOutdoorTV (MOTV). New for 2019, the Bass Pro Tour consists of eight events and a championship streamed live onwww.MajorLeagueFishing.com and MOTV. MLF uses the entertaining and conservation-friendly catch, weigh and immediate-release format where every scorable bass counts and the winner is the angler with the highest cumulative weight.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Kentucky) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2019) 1 of 1
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