still unsure why the private equity leveraged buyout strategy is remotely legal
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
still unsure why the private equity leveraged buyout strategy is remotely legal
Paramount picked a bad time to fund a $110bn leveraged buyout ft.trib.al/pVGG5p1 | opinion
Paramount picked a bad time to fund a $110bn leveraged buyout
David Ellison’s media company sold $52bn in debt and got an investment-grade credit rating — albeit the lowest available
ft.trib.al
October 2, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Paramount picked a bad time to fund a $110bn leveraged buyout ft.trib.al/pVGG5p1 | opinion
we didn't get an end of history so much as a private equity leveraged buyout of history that resulted in drastic costs cutting on the core product
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 6, 2025 at 2:31 AM
we didn't get an end of history so much as a private equity leveraged buyout of history that resulted in drastic costs cutting on the core product
with the current economic signs on the horizon yes, let's do the most leveraged buyout in leveraged buyout history! for a media company
January 8, 2026 at 6:58 PM
with the current economic signs on the horizon yes, let's do the most leveraged buyout in leveraged buyout history! for a media company
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
What we are witnessing is probably best described as a Private Equity leveraged buyout of a nuclear armed state
January 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What we are witnessing is probably best described as a Private Equity leveraged buyout of a nuclear armed state
CNN treating this like a leveraged buyout
December 24, 2024 at 3:28 PM
CNN treating this like a leveraged buyout
So the whole leveraged buyout was predicated on "AI" lies.
... yeah EA's going to be sold off for parts in five years, tops.
... yeah EA's going to be sold off for parts in five years, tops.
Wait was EA’s big GenAI push a bid to convince potential buyers that it could lower operating costs after a purchase to help pay for debts??
They have like four whole game studios making the Battlefield series, you can’t run a CoD-competing juggernaut with automation.
www.ft.com/content/be98...
They have like four whole game studios making the Battlefield series, you can’t run a CoD-competing juggernaut with automation.
www.ft.com/content/be98...
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
So the whole leveraged buyout was predicated on "AI" lies.
... yeah EA's going to be sold off for parts in five years, tops.
... yeah EA's going to be sold off for parts in five years, tops.
MrBeast nearly burning a man to death and EA buckling under the leveraged buyout from hell are the exact same problem expressed differently. The rich will burn everything if it makes them a single extra dollar or feel one emotion, and they must be stopped
September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
MrBeast nearly burning a man to death and EA buckling under the leveraged buyout from hell are the exact same problem expressed differently. The rich will burn everything if it makes them a single extra dollar or feel one emotion, and they must be stopped
Elon Musk obviously succeeded. The 'vibe shift' was a leveraged buyout --- North South Notes: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-vibe-s...
The 'vibe shift' was a leveraged buyout
Media ownership matters
www.northsouthnotes.org
August 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk obviously succeeded. The 'vibe shift' was a leveraged buyout --- North South Notes: www.northsouthnotes.org/p/the-vibe-s...
Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout reut.rs/3L1S7ec
Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout
Warner Bros Discovery's board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance's latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout reut.rs/3L1S7ec
when private equity acquires your polycule in a leveraged buyout
June 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
when private equity acquires your polycule in a leveraged buyout
Picnic Magazine is seeking a private equity acquisition/leveraged buyout
August 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Picnic Magazine is seeking a private equity acquisition/leveraged buyout
A $20B leveraged buyout? EA had a good run. Hope everyone except the ghouls who managed this deal land on their feet as the building collapses.
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A $20B leveraged buyout? EA had a good run. Hope everyone except the ghouls who managed this deal land on their feet as the building collapses.
Ryan Cohen who is the current CEO of Gamestop and allegedly attempting a leveraged buyout of eBay has been suspended from eBay.
I mean you just have to love it.
I mean you just have to love it.
May 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ryan Cohen who is the current CEO of Gamestop and allegedly attempting a leveraged buyout of eBay has been suspended from eBay.
I mean you just have to love it.
I mean you just have to love it.
quite a take from someone who called COVID restrictions "fascism" and "a violation of constitutional rights," and argued that SEC penalties for announcing a fake leveraged buyout of Tesla trampled on his first amendment free speech protections
The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.
‘The only solution’: Elon Musk backs call to deploy federal troops to San Francisco
The remarks from the tech leaders come as city officials tout falling crime rates even as overdose deaths continue to climb.
bit.ly
October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
quite a take from someone who called COVID restrictions "fascism" and "a violation of constitutional rights," and argued that SEC penalties for announcing a fake leveraged buyout of Tesla trampled on his first amendment free speech protections
non binding offer to do a leveraged buyout saddling the combined company with 80+B of debt when it's all over? am I getting this right?
January 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
non binding offer to do a leveraged buyout saddling the combined company with 80+B of debt when it's all over? am I getting this right?
Leveraged buyout is some class A rich people bullshit.
"I'd like to buy this company"
"How are you going to pay for it?"
"WIth the company I want to buy"
"Fine"
What the gibbering fuck is that all about?
"I'd like to buy this company"
"How are you going to pay for it?"
"WIth the company I want to buy"
"Fine"
What the gibbering fuck is that all about?
May 6, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Leveraged buyout is some class A rich people bullshit.
"I'd like to buy this company"
"How are you going to pay for it?"
"WIth the company I want to buy"
"Fine"
What the gibbering fuck is that all about?
"I'd like to buy this company"
"How are you going to pay for it?"
"WIth the company I want to buy"
"Fine"
What the gibbering fuck is that all about?
With how leveraged this buyout is, there's a good chance neither studio survives intact.
Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are now set to end up under the same parent company, as Paramount is expected to win the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery.
A move that could also result in further animation jobs being lost.
A move that could also result in further animation jobs being lost.
February 27, 2026 at 5:23 AM
With how leveraged this buyout is, there's a good chance neither studio survives intact.
Private equity (especially the leveraged buyout model) is just fraud, actually.
Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss
Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse
www.thetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Private equity (especially the leveraged buyout model) is just fraud, actually.
self-destruct corporate governance clause that requires transfer of all IP to the public domain in the event of a leveraged buyout
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
self-destruct corporate governance clause that requires transfer of all IP to the public domain in the event of a leveraged buyout
His private equity firm was in on the $55 billion leveraged buyout of EA. I don't think he has anything interesting to say about affordability honestly
August 31, 2026 at 9:11 PM
His private equity firm was in on the $55 billion leveraged buyout of EA. I don't think he has anything interesting to say about affordability honestly
Private equity killed a fairly healthy company with a leveraged buyout? WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!?
March 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Private equity killed a fairly healthy company with a leveraged buyout? WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!?
3. In 2021, Saudi Arabia invested $2 billion in Kushner's private equity fund and has paid him $125 million+ in management fees.
The Saudis also partnered with Kushner to purchase video game maker EA, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
The Saudis also partnered with Kushner to purchase video game maker EA, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
March 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
3. In 2021, Saudi Arabia invested $2 billion in Kushner's private equity fund and has paid him $125 million+ in management fees.
The Saudis also partnered with Kushner to purchase video game maker EA, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
The Saudis also partnered with Kushner to purchase video game maker EA, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
I’m buying Doritos in a leveraged buyout. Doritos is going $20 billion into debt to afford me owning it for free. Sounds like a lot, but we’ll earn it all back with my idea for “Dr. Doritos” acetaminophen-dusted medical chips
February 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
I’m buying Doritos in a leveraged buyout. Doritos is going $20 billion into debt to afford me owning it for free. Sounds like a lot, but we’ll earn it all back with my idea for “Dr. Doritos” acetaminophen-dusted medical chips