Barry Diller
Media mogul and MGM Resorts board member seeking to acquire MGM Resorts for $18B+.
“Barry Diller has withdrawn his $18 billion-plus takeover offer for MGM Resorts.”
“Diller has said the deal would give his company... a hedge at a time when artificial intelligence is upending the media business.”
“Barry Diller and Michael, within a span of seven years, they made Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Footloose, Flashdance.”
Source→“Barry always insisted on going to the source, getting unfiltered data. It was sometimes unpleasant. It took more time. But getting to the ground truth would help his decision making and would allow him to give that edge to kind of go against the grain.”
Source→“Barry Diller will seek to buy MGM Resorts for more than $18b, or $48.30 per share in cash. Diller is on the MGM board.”
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