Sony’s Potential Kadokawa Acquisition Could Tighten Its Grip on Anime and Manga
While Microsoft has become the main character of acquisitions in corporate culture with its $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, a new report suggests Sony is gearing up for a big buyout that will propel it even further to the top of the totem pole of monopolizing the anime industry.
Kadokawa Confirms Sony Acquisition Interest
Kadokawa Corp has responded to yesterday's reports of interest from Sony regarding a potential takeover by confirming it has received an "initial letter of intent" from the company. In a newly issued statement, Kadokawa added "no decision" has been made as to whether it'll go through with the acquisition or not.
Kadokawa has confirmed that Sony has offered to buy them, but there’s a catch. As reported by Gematsu, the conglomerate has ...
Sony might acquire full ownership over Kadokawa in the next weeks and the anime community is not happy about it at all.
A new report has indicated that Sony is currently in talks to acquire Kadokawa, and if it goes through, it could lead to a ...
Kadokawa owns companies such as ASCII Media Works and Enterbrain, the latter of which publishes the popular Delicious in ...
The biggest losers from this potential takeover include Bandai Namco, which publishes many of Kadokawa’s games and works with ...
Sony Group Corp. is exploring a takeover of Japanese publisher Kadokawa Corp., potentially expanding its content portfolio ...
Anime fans fear Sony's next business move tied to Kodakawa, despite its existing ownership of Crunchyroll and Aniplex, will ...
Sony Corp is reportedly in talks to buy manga powerhouse Kadokawa Group, a Japanese company that just so happens to own Dark ...
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