And I read that wrong. CBS only bought Lionsgate's half of TVGuide.com. TVGN is still a 50/50 joint venture between the two.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Bob in Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com>wrote: > > Wesley (wherever he is) wrote: >> >> A few months ago, CBS bought into the TVGN and TVGuide.com, buying 50% >> from whomever owned half of it. (Lionsgate owned 50%, but I don't know if >> they owned all of it, or if they had private equity firms as partners... a >> la NBC Universal with The Weather Channel). >> >> Anyway, CBS bought the rest of it, becoming sole owners of TVGN and >> TVGuide.com >> (Note, the magazine is still owned by ... as far as I can tell from >> Wikipedia ... OpenGate Capital.) >> >> http://www.hollywoodreporter.**com/news/cbs-acquires-tv-** >> guide-digital-561227<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cbs-acquires-tv-guide-digital-561227> >> > > The other co-owner was One Equity Partners <http://www.oneequity.com/Team>, > which is part of JPMorganChase. -- B. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com Twitter: @westwit G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
