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Scripps Sells Its Character Licensing Business To Iconix For $175 Million

Apr 27, 2010 4:41 PM

EW Scripps (NYSE: SSP), which said in late February that it was putting its United Media character licensing business up for sale, has now sold those operations to Iconix Brand Group for $175 million in cash. The deal means Iconix will take over the licensing of brands, such as “Peanuts”…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Scripps, E W Scripps, iconix

Playboy Magazine To Be Managed by American Media; Sale Still Being Worked On

Rafat Ali

Nov 23, 2009 8:34 PM

Update: 30 minutes later, WSJ is also reporting along similar lines on outsourcing of print/publishing to AMI, though it doesn’t have anything on the sale. Edit will remain with Playboy (NYSE: PLA), while rest of the functions, including ad sales and distribution, will now be managed by AMI, it quotes…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Adult, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Best Buy, Cablevision, Comcast, Disney, ABC, Microsoft, MSN, NBC Universal, CNBC, Playboy, american media, iconix