With $8.45 billion MGM deal, Amazon scripts its own Hollywood plot twist

With $8.45 billion MGM deal, Amazon scripts its own Hollywood plot twist

The purchase of MGM marks Amazon’s biggest move in Hollywood to date as Jeff Bezos prepares to step down as CEO of Amazon. (GeekWire Photo Illustration.) Amazon Agreement to acquire MGM for $ 8.45 billion has all the makings of a great script that combines a Hollywood icon with an internet powerhouse. But will this … Read more

Bezos, Jeff Bezos, strikes again in billion-dollar bid for Bond and MGM – and social media shoots back

Jeff Bezos will reportedly join the billionaire boating class with a $500M luxury sailing superyacht

He already has the tuxedo, now Jeff Bezos has Bond too. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Bezos. Jeff Bezos. Doesn’t quite sound like the introduction of a certain British secret agent. But that’s not something that $ 8.5 billion can’t fix, is it? No sooner had Amazon announced its multi-billion dollar bid to acquire … Read more