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by rplnt 46 days ago
Example from quite some time ago: Avast buying AVG. The value of AVG was around twice that of Avast.
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ceejayoz 46 days ago
AOL/TimeWarner, Kmart/Sears… lots of prominent examples.
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radlad 46 days ago
Interesting how none of these are around anymore
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adroitboss 46 days ago
Also when Capital Cities purchased ABC. A popular phrase coined by the media was "minnow swallows whale"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/25/business/media/thomas-s-m...

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archon810 45 days ago
And much more recently: Paramount Skydance / Warner Brothers.
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