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Amazon Trying to Acquire Theater Chain

Aug 16, 2018  •  Post A Comment

Amazon is looking to make a move into the brick-and-mortar movie business by acquiring the Landmark Theaters chain, Bloomberg reports, citing sources who are familiar with the situation.

“The company is vying with other suitors to acquire the business from Wagner/Cuban Cos., which is backed by billionaire Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private,” Bloomberg reports. “The chain’s owners have been working with investment banker Stephens Inc. on a possible sale, the people said. No final decisions have been made, and talks could still fall apart.”

Bloomberg adds: “Pushing into movie theaters would follow Amazon’s expansion into myriad other forms of media, including a film and TV studio and music service. With Landmark, it gets a chain focused on independent and foreign films with more than 50 theaters in 27 markets, including high-profile locations in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.”

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  1. The major streaming services have had a hard time getting Oscar nods because Hollywood says their films “aren’t in theatres.” If Amazon owns a theatre chain, it could make it easy to get it’s films in theatres and therefore get nominations.

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