Big-name firms including KKR, Cerberus Capital Management LP, Providence Equity Partners and Wilbur Ross Jr.
The takeover group also includes Providence Equity Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.
In 2005 the studio was bought by a group of investors including Sony, Comcast and Providence Equity Partners.
Many others, such as Providence Equity Partners, have either invested in media businesses already or are planning to.
Univision was acquired in 2007 by a consortium comprising Madison Dearborn, Providence Equity Partners, Saban Capital Group, Thomas H.
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Morgan Capital and Providence Equity Partners --is reportedly crafting a competing bid.
Bidders reportedly showing an interest in the Sunnyvale, California-based company include Silver Lake, Peter Chernin, Providence Equity Partners, DST Global and Alibaba Group.
The National Football League is teaming up with private-equity firm Providence Equity Partners in a search for ventures the two entities can jointly invest in.
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An LBO led by the media investor Peter Chernin, possibly in concert with partner that could include Providence Equity Partners, Microsoft and various investment banks.
The takeover group also includes Providence Equity Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners and Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ) Global Private Equity.
Whilst some funds, such as Providence Equity Partners and Elevation Partners, have long focused on media, some of the big, generalist funds have lately been hiring expertise.
Currently, the New York Yankees, whose games are televised on YES, own 34% of the network, while Goldman Sachs owns 34%, a group led by Ray Chambers and the former owners of the Brooklyn Nets owns about 27%, and Providence Equity owns about 5%.
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Two other private equity teams, including Blackstone and Providence, and the Carlyle Group and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, had also reportedly been in the running for Alltel.
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