(On the plus side: No N95 masks required in all that fresh air!)
The tally through the first two quarters was the lowest since 2014.
Still, interest rates are making financing expensive, which is an obstacle to many transactions.
Idaho’s Friedman Memorial Airport, where execs from media, tech, sports and other sectors will arrive this week for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Its essential for sellers to work harder to prepare for upcoming salesor risk losing out.
TPG attained 30% of DirecTV when AT&T spun out the pay TV operator in 2021.
What reshuffling could be next?
One transaction with ramifications for many entertainment players isnt technically in the realm of open-market M&A.
Disney and Comcast are coming down the home stretch with their put-call negotiations for Hulu.
The final price is to be determined, though the floor valuation has been set at $27.5 billion.
If not Hulu, what then?
Will they simply move on to something else to buy instead?
As the Magic 8-Ball would say, signs point to yes.
