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Comcast to buy DreamWorks Animation for US$3.8b

Published Thu, Apr 28, 2016 · 01:39 PM

[BENGALURU] Comcast Corp, the owner of NBCUniversal, said on Thursday it would buy DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc for US$3.8 billion in cash.

The US$41-per-share offer represents a premium of 27.3 per cent to DreamWorks' Wednesday close.

REUTERS

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