Category Archives: Mergers and Acquisitions

Charter and Cox’s big cable-TV merger will ramp up the Spectrum brand in the cord-cutting era

May 16, 2025 Charter and Cox’s big cable-TV merger will ramp up the Spectrum brand in the cord-cutting era BY Natasha Etzel On Friday, cable companies Charter Communications and Cox Communications announced that they’ve agreed to merge. Charter will acquire Cox in a deal valued at $34.5 billion.  This is one of the biggest deals of … Continue reading Charter and Cox’s big cable-TV merger will ramp up the Spectrum brand in the cord-cutting era

Deliveroo shares surge following DoorDash’s $3.6 billion proposed takeover

April 28, 2025 Deliveroo shares surge following DoorDash’s $3.6 billion proposed takeover BY Associated Press Shares of Deliveroo, the food delivery service based in London, are hitting three-year highs on Monday after it received a $3.6 billion proposed takeover offer from DoorDash. Deliveroo announced the bid after markets closed in Europe on Friday. On Monday, the … Continue reading Deliveroo shares surge following DoorDash’s $3.6 billion proposed takeover

What Yodel Does For Mobile, Why NP Digital Acquired It

What Yodel Does For Mobile, Why NP Digital Acquired It by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, April 9, 2025 Digital marketing agency NP Digital has acquired app marketing agency Yodel Mobile. This acquisition significantly expands its team in London and widens the reach across Europe.  Yodel Mobile CEO Mick Rigby founded the company in 2007 before the … Continue reading What Yodel Does For Mobile, Why NP Digital Acquired It

Contentstack acquires CDP Lytics

Another independent CDP is absorbed by a digital experience platform. Kim Davis on January 8, 2025   Composable digital experience platform Contentstack announced the acquisition of Lytics, the real-time CDP founded in 2013. Contentstack’s primary current offering is its headless CMS. Lytics’ first-party data management capabilities are expected to supplement the existing Contentstack Personalize. Capabilities … Continue reading Contentstack acquires CDP Lytics

Sony is now the largest shareholder of FromSoftware’s parent company

  Sony is now the largest shareholder of FromSoftware’s parent company This follows rumors of a full acquisition. lawrence bonk   Thu, Dec 19, 2024   Unsplash / BoliviaInteligente Sony has acquired a major stake in FromSoftware’s parent company Kadokawa. This follows reports that Sony was in talks to purchase the company outright. It looks … Continue reading Sony is now the largest shareholder of FromSoftware’s parent company

Nippon Steel won’t give up on its U.S. Steel takeover deal despite strong pushback

Nippon Steel’s transaction has faced stiff resistance from politicians, including Biden and Trump, and the United Steelworkers, a major labor group. BY Reuters Japan’s Nippon Steel is committed to its $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel and is confident of completing it by year-end, a senior executive said, despite strong U.S. opposition including from President-elect Donald … Continue reading Nippon Steel won’t give up on its U.S. Steel takeover deal despite strong pushback