150+ year old family-owned media empire with ~$15B in annual revenue, owning stakes in ESPN, A&E, Fitch Ratings, and Cosmopolitan.
“Hearst, over the ensuing like four decades, just gets billions and billions of dollars of free cash flow out of ESPN. In a complete free ride. Doesn't have to lift a finger.”
Source→“Disney's $1.2B sale of its A+E stake to Hearst is emblematic of a broader strategic realignment away from profitable-but-stagnant cable assets toward streaming-first business models.”
“The Hearst organization, Hearst company, which owns like GQ is like a famous magazine they own, but they also own like a hundred businesses that you'd never even heard of. And they, including like they own half of ESPN or whatever.”
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