At this point, I'm like the paperboy from Better Off Dead for dick clark productions*
*lowercase intentional, unless the Chinese finally changed it On Thursday, November 3, 2016, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > And Kevin *still* didn't get his money. > > China's Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion > > BEIJING (AP) - China's Dalian Wanda Group has spent $1 billion to > acquire Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the "Miss > America" pageant and the Golden Globe awards. > Wanda announced the deal in a statement Friday. > Wanda's push into the U.S. entertainment industry has led to calls > from some American lawmakers for greater scrutiny of Chinese > investment amid concerns about creative freedom and the promotion of > Chinese propaganda. > Wanda already owns AMC Theaters and bought Legendary Entertainment for > $3.5 billion in January. It also announced a movie partnership in > September with Sony Pictures. > The namesake company of legendary American television host Dick Clark > was purchased in 2012 by a group including investment firm Guggenheim > Partners. It owns several awards shows and the New Year's Eve > countdown show in New York. > > -- > -- > 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 [email protected] > <javascript:;> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:;> > 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 [email protected] <javascript:;>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
