Comcast beats Fox in Sky auction with $39 billion bid, ending 21-month fight

LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch faces a 22 billion pound ($29.3 billion) fight with U.S. cable company Comcast for European pay-TV company Sky after Britain cleared his bid providing he sells off its TV news business......»»

The cable giant’s offer for the bulk of Fox’s businesses sets up a fight with Disney, which has already struck a deal for $52.4 billion for Rupert Murdoch’s empire......»»

On the heels of a federal judge's decision that AT&T's $85 billion acquisition for T.....»»

The cable giant’s offer for the bulk of Fox’s businesses sets up a fight with Disney, which has already struck a deal for $52.4 billion for Rupert Murdoch’s empire......»»

Comcast made an unsolicited offer to buy most of 21st Century Fox for roughly $65 billion, kicking off a bidding war with Walt Disney as the two media titans jockey for position in a business undergoing tumultuous change......»»

Comcast is making a $65 billion bid for Fox's entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company. .....»»

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Comcast's sweetened offer values Sky at about $34 billion......»»

Comcast's sweetened offer values Sky at about $34 billion......»»

Bolstered by a robust U.S. economy and newly wealthy overseas buyers, Christie’s sold $4 billion of art during the first half of 2018, a new six-month high mark for the London-based auction company......»»

The votes brought to a close a six-month battle waged across two continents by Disney and Comcast for supremacy in the media business......»»

Britain's takeover regulator could take the rare step of intervening in the battle between Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox for Sky next month by staging an auction for the broadcaster to bring the drawn-out bidding war to an end......»»

Britain's takeover regulator could take the rare step of intervening in the battle between Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox for Sky next month by staging an auction for the broadcaster to bring the drawn-out bidding war to an end......»»

Talk about a tight range: the August 10Y auction priced at 2.960%. Fast forward one month when moments ago the US Treasury sold $23 billion as part of this week's bond sale deluge  (there will be a combined $73BN of 3-, 10- and 30.....»»

Wall Street JournalComcast, Fox to Settle $35 Billion Takeover Battle for Sky in Weekend AuctionWall Street JournalLONDON.....»»

British regulators said Comcast and Fox will settle their takeover battle for Sky via an auction starting Friday, a dramatic climax to a lengthy sale process involving some of the world’s biggest media companies......»»

A protracted $34 billion bidding war for European broadcaster Sky between U.S. rivals Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox could be settled by a quick-fire auction on Saturday, UK regulators said on Thursday......»»

A protracted $34 billion bidding war for European broadcaster Sky between U.S. rivals Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox is likely to be settled by a quick-fire auction on Saturday......»»

A protracted $34 billion bidding war for European broadcaster Sky between U.S. rivals Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox is likely to be settled by a quick-fire auction on Saturday. Pascale Davies reports......»»

Comcast and Twenty-First Century Fox face a quick-fire auction for British broadcaster Sky on Saturday after neither side backed down in a drawn-out $34 billion battle......»»