Discovery Announces Acquisition of Scripps for $90 per Share; Doubling Down on Unscripted Content
Discovery announced on July 31 that it had reached to an agreement to purchase Scripps Networks in a $14.6 billion deal, or $90 per share, with $63 in cash and $27 in Discovery class C shares (DISCK). The deal price represents a 34% premium to the unaffected price of Scripps and a 14% premium to our $79 fair value estimate for the firm. The deal is expected to be accretive in the first year and to generate $350 million in cost synergies by 2019. Both firms also accelerated the release of their r...Discovery, through its subsidiaries, is a media company that provides content across distribution platforms, including pay-television, free-to-air and broadcast television, and direct-to-consumer subscription products. The company's portfolio of networks includes nonfiction television brands such as Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel, and MotorTrend . The company's portfolio includes Eurosport, a sports entertainment provider. The company classifies its operations in two segments: U.S. Networks, consisting of domestic television networks and digital content services, and International Networks, consisting of international television networks and digital content services.
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Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.
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