LONDON/AMSTERDAM/FRANKFURT (Jan 25): Dutch tech firm WeTransfer is eyeing a stock market listing in Amsterdam in April or May, as it looks to take advantage of investors voracious appetite for tech firms, three sources familiar with the matter told
Reuters.
The company, best known for its online file-sharing service, has hired Bank of America-Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley as global coordinators for the initial public offering (IPO), the sources added.
One of them said ABN Amro and Barclays had been appointed as bookrunners for the deal.
Spokespeople for the company, Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Barclays declined to comment. ABN Amro was not immediately available for comment.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, the film and TV company behind the James Bond movies, is exploring a sale a decade after the company exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The Beverly Hills-based studio, which also controls franchises such as Rocky and TV shows including “The Voice,” is working with advisors to find a buyer hungry for its robust film and television library, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment.
The search for a deal begins as demand for content surges among streaming services battling for subscribers and advertising dollars. The Wall Street Journal first reported that the company has engaged Morgan Stanley and LionTree Advisors to begin the formal sale process.
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Beeswax, the programmatic ad-tech platform that offers “bidder-as-a-service”, has been acquired by
FreeWheel, the digital TV advertising platform. FreeWheel is owned by Comcast. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “It should not be news to anyone in the advertising world that Connected TV is the fastest growing area of programmatic,” said
Ari Paparo, Cofounder and CEO of Beeswax. “We’ve seen that as well at Beeswax, with more and more customers focusing on bringing together the sight, sound, and motion of television with the power of programmatic advertising technologies. We cannot think of a better home for Beeswax than within FreeWheel, the leading technology provider to the global Advanced TV business.”