A major consolidation in digital media, plus art world grants, museum acquisitions, and other weekly culture news. #mediaindustry #acquisitions #publishing

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Penske Gobbles Up Vox Media

In better news: Frankenthaler Foundation climate grants, Meow Wolf on “The Simpsons,” Schomburg Center acquisitions, and more.

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Hugh Jackman & Elizabeth Banks Narrated Documentary ‘Mighty Mary’ Acquired By Republic Pictures

Hugh Jackman and Elizabeth Banks Narrated 'Mighty Mary' Documentary Acquired by Republic Pictures

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Amazon MGM Snaps Up Ariana Greenblatt Rom-Com ‘Egg Baby’

'Egg Baby,' a new Ariana Greenblatt rom-com from director Natalia Anderson and XYZ Films, has landed at Amazon MGM for release on streaming.

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Superights Posts New Deals On ‘Miffy & Friends’ & ‘Underdog’; Unveils Annecy Slate Highlights
#Acquisitions #News #Miffy #MiffyandFriends #Superights

https://deadline.com/2026/06/superights-deals-miff-friends-underdog-annecy-slate-1236957315/

Superights Posts New Deals On ‘Miffy & Friends’ & ‘Underdog’; Unveils Annecy Slate Highlights

Superights Unveils New Deals On ‘Miffy & Friends’ & ‘Underdog’ & Annecy Slate

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Studiocanal Posts Details For Close To 100 Deals After “Robust” Cannes On Titles Including ‘The Midnight Library’, ‘Another Day’ & ‘Ink’
#Acquisitions #News #AnotherDay #Ink #StudioCanal #TheMidnightLibrary

https://deadline.com/2026/06/studiocanal-100-deals-robust-cannes-midnight-ink-1236957360/

Studiocanal Posts Details For Close To 100 Deals After “Robust” Cannes On Titles Including ‘The Midnight Library’, ‘Another Day’ & ‘Ink’

Studiocanal Posts Details For Close To 100 Deals After “Robust” Cannes On Titles Including 'The Midnight Library', 'Another Day' & 'Ink'

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Grasshopper Film Acquires Kogonada’s Sundance Pic ‘Zi’ Starring Haley Lu Richardson
#Acquisitions #HaleyLuRichardson #Kogonada

https://deadline.com/2026/06/sundance-haley-lu-richardson-kogonada-zi-1236956994/

Grasshopper Film Acquires Kogonada’s Sundance Pic ‘Zi’ Starring Haley Lu Richardson

Sundance Movie 'Zi' From Kogonada, Starring Haley Lu Richardson Acquired by Grasshopper Films

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Walked into work this morning to this news wire.

Just launched Intercom (now Fin) for my largest customer a month ago.

Please leave this one alone Salesforce, like you mostly did with Slack. Please please don't suck all the joy out of this application or its invoice.

#salesforce #intercom #fin #acquisitions #business

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Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Fin

Acquisition will bring Fin’s customer agent platform to companies of all sizes, accelerating time-to-value and expanding Salesforce’s ability to deliver autonomous agents across the enterprise Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fin , formerly Intercom, an industry-leading customer agent company. Under the terms of the agreement, Salesforce will acquire Fin for approximately $3.6 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. Fin’s core offering, its AI Agent, resolves complex customer queries end-to-end, across every channel, including live chat, email, WhatsApp, SMS, phone, and Slack. The AI Agent is powered by the company’s proprietary AI model, Apex, that is purpose-built for customer support and has demonstrated industry-leading resolution rates that outperform top commercially available frontier models. "We’re thrilled to welcome Fin to Salesforce as we enable every company to become an