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Latest SPAC News: Comcast dumps 18.5% of its BuzzFeed stock
Comcast Dumps 6 Million Shares of Buzzfeed After Media Company Finally Gets a Bump
Comcast dumped 18.5% of its BuzzFeed (NASDAQ:BZFD) stock in recent days, reducing its holdings in the online media company to just under 20% of the shares.
Comcast said its NBCUniversal unit netted almost $15.7 million in sales of 5.7 million shares since Monday in a regulatory filing.
In 2015, NBCUniversal invested $200 million in BuzzFeed and had plans to distribute its content on the digital news site. In the filing, NBCUniversal said it still owns more than 25 million shares, or 19.97% of BuzzFeed’s outstanding stock, but said it may continue selling.
BuzzFeed completed its merger with 890 5th Avenue Partners in December 2021.
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Emmis Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ:EMISU) has filed for a $100 million SPAC to take a look at the manufacturing sector after a few unique wrinkles in their IPO process. Initial investors are set to receive one right to a 1/10 share in each unit purchased and the SPAC will have 18 months to complete a business...
Chenghe III (NASDAQ:CHEC.U) has filed for a $110 million SPAC to continue the team’s growing series while turning to a new underwriter. The new SPAC is offering investors a 1/2 warrant in each unit and no overfunding of the trust, but it will need to complete a business combination within 18 months of its IPO...
At the SPAC of Dawn Futures sit slightly red as investors return from holidays of barbecues and fireworks to renewed concerns about where US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy might hamper trade. The latest shift produced a further one-month delay in most of the tariffs Trump has threatened to impose as his administration continues to...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending July 3, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. We’re heading into the July 4th holiday, so we’ll keep this week’s column short and to the point. But before you head to the beach,...
Crown PropTech (OTC:CPTKW) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with rare earth mining firm Mkango Resources (TSX-V:MKA) at a pre-money equity value of $400 million. London-based Mkango is working to commercialize a chain of rare earth mining and refining facilities in Africa and Europe. The combined company is expected to trade on the...