The media landscape is dynamically shifting in real time as businesses anticipate and react to innovations in technology to seize new opportunities and develop unique business models. Hughes Hubbard’s Media & Entertainment group has extensive experience representing media, entertainment and technology companies, private equity firms and other financial investors in all types of M&A and joint venture transactions across a broad range of products and services.

We routinely provide strategic advice on agreements and matters related to the development, production, acquisition, financing, marketing, promotion, distribution, publishing, branding, sale and other exploitation of television, motion picture, digital, print and podcasting content, video games, music and consumer products. We also routinely provide strategic advice on complex technology agreements, intellectual property licensing, data privacy, advertising and marketing compliance, , advertising and consumer revenue agreements, consumer regulations and events, . Our advice extends to structuring, negotiating, drafting and operationalizing a wide range of transactions.

Our team includes subject-matter specialists in the employment, executive compensation and tax groups, as well as experienced technology, privacy and intellectual property lawyers. We’ve worked with major industry players like Condé Nast, Madison Square Garden, Viacom (now part of Paramount), CBS (now part of Paramount), Grab Holdings, Inc., Ualá and Knight-Ridder Inc.

For more information please contact the Chair of the practice:

Sabrina Silverberg

Counsel

Our experience includes:

Condé Nast in connection with its sales of:
- Golf Digest magazine to Discovery Inc. (“Discovery”);
- Brides magazine to digital media company Dotdash, a subsidiary of IAC; and
- Iconic women’s fashion brand magazine W to Future Brand Media Group.
Viacom Inc. (“Viacom”), including cable television channels Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, BET, CMT, TV Land and Paramount Pictures Corporation in connection with various transactions.
AMC Networks in connection with the acquisition of a 49.9 percent stake in BBC America and in the establishment of a joint venture with DIRECTV Latin America to own and operate a Sundance-branded channel in seven Latin American countries.
The Madison Square Garden Company:
- in its investment in Counter Logic Gaming (owner of several competitive esports teams);
- in its investment in Obscura Digital (live entertainment technology and production company);
- in its investment in Tao Group (operator of the Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Avenue, The Stanton Social, Beauty & Essex and Avenue restaurants and nightclubs); and subsequent acquisition of Hakkasan Group restaurants;
- in its investment in Tribeca Enterprises (operator of the Tribeca Film Festival cofounded by Robert De Niro);
- in its investment in Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas LLC;
- in its investment in Boston Calling Events (operator of the Boston Calling Music Festival); and
- in its sale of the New York Liberty Women’s Basketball team.
CBS Corporation in connection with its merger with Viacom Inc.
Advance Publications, Inc. in connection with its acquisition of 360VINSPIN d/b/a MotoMiner.
Knight-Ridder Inc. in acquisition of ABC Media Inc. from ABC Inc. for $1.65 billion (four newspapers in Kansas City, MO, Fort Worth, TX, Wilkes-Barre, PA and Belleville, NJ)