Puzzle piece-themed Lucite deal tombstone celebrating the merger between Mexico’s Grupo Televisa and U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. (22AKL484)
A range of content and marketing channels are represented here, including streaming and digital services, social media, billboards, and print.
Puzzle piece-themed Lucite deal tombstone celebrating the merger between Mexico’s Grupo Televisa and U.S. Spanish-language broadcaster Univision. (22AKL484)
Crystal deal toy celebrating the merger between broadband company Virgin Media and UK mobile network 02.
(21LSS224)Custom Lucite deal toy marking the sale of Brides magazine. In addition to Brides, the deal toy also commemorates the sale by Condé Nast of Golf Digest, and W Magazine.
(9AKL438)Crystal deal toy marking the sale of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business to Funimation. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony Music Entertainment.
(21AZH020)Lucite deal toy recognizing the acquisition of Koch, Neff & Volckmar (KNV), Germany’s largest book wholesaler.
(9LSS215)Deal tombstone commemorating an investment in Valiant Entertainment. The investment is earmarked for film projects based on the comic book publisher’s characters.
(5ASH608)Lucite deal toy recognizing the initial public offering of Facebook, headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
Custom resin and wood tombstone celebrating the sale by 21st Century Fox to Comcast of its stake in the European pay-TV service Sky.
(8LJW238)The galleries beginning on this page provide over 70 images of financial tombstones and deal toys from the media and publishing space. You’ll find deals involving a range of technologies, channels, and content, including traditional print, streaming services, radio, video games, social media, and game publishers.
You’ll also see transactions and deal tombstones involving a number of prominent media companies and brands in these sectors. These include TelevisaUnivision, Conde Nast, Sky, Viacom, Liberty Global, Discovery, ZeniMax, DC Comics, McGraw Hill, and Sirius.
But you’ll also discover here deals involving less familiar players, media, and properties. These might include Series A funding for a Danish podcast provider, the initial public offering of an Australian billboard and outdoor media company, the acquisition of a German book wholesaler, the merger of two independent comic book publishers, the acquisition of an adtech agency, and financing provided to a French publishing firm.
Finally, you’ll find in these galleries commemoratives and awards not related to a financial transaction. These custom designs honor a range of milestones and achievements in these sectors. They celebrate, for example, the launch of one sports network, and the rebranding of another, joint venture partnerships between content providers, and a successful copyright judgment brought by a publisher regarding an iconic comic book character.
