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Q2 2026 Media, Entertainment & Education Platforms market review

Media, Entertainment & Education Platforms is cooling this window, with 159 buys in the last 3 years vs 186 prior across 114 public acquirers.

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Market thesis

[1][2]
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Useful buyers show repeatable acquisition logic around audience density, content ownership, enrollment bases, venue footprints, or professional training capacity.

[1] 10-K

FY 2023 strategy language. incurred significant costs following the closing of the Merger, including costs relating to organization restructuring, facility consolidation activities and other contract termination costs

[2] 10-K

FY 2022 strategy language. The Merger combined WM’s premium entertainment, sports, and news assets with Discovery’s leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

Buyer hierarchy

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WBD, GTN, NWS, SSP, AACG lead the current buyer hierarchy with 1,252 recorded buys among ranked acquirers.

[1] 10-K

FY 2023 strategy language. incurred significant costs following the closing of the Merger, including costs relating to organization restructuring, facility consolidation activities and other contract termination costs

[2] 10-K

FY 2022 strategy language. The Merger combined WM’s premium entertainment, sports, and news assets with Discovery’s leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

[3] 10-K

FY 2025 strategy language. continued consolidation of distribution customers and production studios

Filing signals

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Nexstar Media Group, Inc.: 50 recorded buyer-side acquisition reference(s); filings read as very active buyer activity. THE E.w. Scripps Company: 55 recorded buyer-side acquisition reference(s); filings read as very active buyer activity. Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.: 45 recorded buyer-side acquisition reference(s); filings read as very active buyer activity. News Corporation: Spin, divestiture, or carve-out filings point to a very active separation window. Liberty Media Corporation: Spin, divestiture, or carve-out filings point to a very active separation window.

[4] 10-K

FY 2024 strategy language. Our growth may be limited if we are unable to implement an acquisition strategy and our operating results may be adversely affected if we are unable to successfully integrate any future acquisition;

[5] 10-K

FY 2023 strategy language. Our growth may be limited if we are unable to implement an acquisition strategy and our operating results may be adversely affected if we are unable to successfully integrate any future acquisition;

[6] 10-K

FY 2021 strategy language. Owning or providing services to more than one station in a given market enables us to broaden our audience share, enhance our revenue share and achieve significant operating efficiencies.

[7] 10-K· 2026-02-27

FY 2020 strategy language. Acquisition and related integration costs of $18.7 million in 2020 reflect contract termination costs and professional service costs incurred to integrate the Cordillera and Nexstar-Tribune television stations, as well as costs incurred for the ION transaction, which closed in January 2021.