黑石集團擬出售Hello Sunshine?或與其他公司合併




黑石集團正在考慮收購Hello Sunshine的選擇

(路透社)- 據四位知情人士透露,黑石集團(Blackstone)正在探索其好萊塢媒體公司Candle Media旗下的一項知名資產——Hello Sunshine的選擇,包括將其與另一家公司合併的可能性。

Candle Media在2021年收購了瑞茜·威瑟斯彭(Reese Witherspoon)的Hello Sunshine,這是一家專注於女性娛樂的公司,負責製作蘋果(Apple)TV+的《晨間秀》(The Morning Show)和亞馬遜(Amazon)的《黛西·瓊斯與六人樂隊》(Daisy Jones & the Six),使這家新興媒體公司迅速成名。

據三位知情人士指出,由於視頻串流服務削減開支,加上好萊塢罷工凍結了製作,Hello Sunshine面臨著困難。儘管如此,該公司擁有多元化的業務,包括一個名為Solar的內部社交機構,通過故事講述將品牌與女性連接,還有每年舉辦的Shine Away活動及瑞茜的讀書俱樂部,這幫助它在近期娛樂行業的動盪中保持盈利,第四位知情人士表示。

黑石和Candle Media的高層正在考慮一些選擇,以便為Hello Sunshine提供更大的範圍和規模,例如將其與另一家製片廠合併。四位知情人士要求匿名,因為這些討論是私密的。他們警告說,黑石並沒有積極尋求報價,但其中一位消息人士補充說,在媒體整合的時期,“每一個獨立製片廠都在尋找舞伴。”

Candle Media的一位發言人表示:“雖然我們不對交易猜測發表評論,但我們定期探索戰略機會,以推動增長、最大化價值,並在快速變化的行業中保持靈活。”

媒體行業的整合趨勢

根據路透社此前報導,歐洲最大的廣播公司RTL集團正在考慮其Fremantle製作單位的選擇,包括合併,因為整個行業的電視委託正在減少。英國廣播公司ITV也與阿布達比支持的RedBird IMI集團進行了初步談判,討論可能合併各自的製作業務。

支持Candle Media高調收購的私募股權公司最近對所有Candle Media業務進行了戰略評估,消息人士透露。

據兩位消息人士稱,黑石決定出售Candle Media的ATTN,這是一家以針對Z世代和千禧一代的主題短視頻聞名的媒體公司,因為有潛在買家的詢問。

Candle Media作為一個投資組合公司的結構——而不是參與好萊塢製作計劃的業務——使其在出現有興趣的買家時能夠保持靈活性,據四位知情人士中的一位表示。

Hello Sunshine和ATTN是Candle Media在尋求利用快速增長的串流服務對內容的需求時進行的一系列收購之一。該公司以約30億美元收購了Moonbug,這是一家其兒童娛樂品牌包括CoComelon和Little Baby Bum的公司。它還收購了製作Netflix節目《Fauda》的Faraway Road,並持有威爾和賈達·平克特·史密斯的製作公司Westbrook的少數股權。

隨著2022年4月Netflix報告十年來首次失去訂閱者,華爾街對串流業務的熱情冷卻了。突然之間,投資者開始質疑媒體公司在追求訂閱者過程中花費的數十億美元。

這種對底線的關注對像Candle Media這樣的獨立製片廠造成了影響。2023年中期,好萊塢雙重作家和演員罷工進一步加劇了這一影響,導致製作停擺了六個月。

Candle Media對串流服務的新節約措施做出了反應,於去年七月宣布削減成本並將公司重組為兩個部門:由Hello Sunshine首席執行官莎拉·哈登(Sarah Harden)負責的現實動作Candle Studios和兒童娛樂集團Moonbug Kids。

位於倫敦的Moonbug是盈利的,通過其2.705億YouTube訂閱者、來自視頻串流服務Netflix、亞馬遜Prime Video和Disney+的發行交易以及來自Spotify音樂服務的收入來產生收益,兩位消息人士表示。年收入接近數億美元。

Hello Sunshine在電影、電視、劇本和真人秀系列的製作方面一直非常活躍。然而,據報導,它已受到預算壓力、較長的銷售周期和好萊塢在2023年罷工後普遍出現的日程變化的影響。

據第四位消息人士透露,預計它今年將發布九個項目,包括亞馬遜的婚禮喜劇《你被誠摯邀請》(You’re Cordially Invited),該劇由威瑟斯彭和威爾·法瑞爾主演,另有九個項目正在製作中。

結語

這一系列變化顯示了當前媒體行業面臨的挑戰與機會。在持續的整合趨勢下,獨立製片廠如何在競爭激烈的市場中保持自身的競爭力與創新能力,將成為未來發展的關鍵。隨著資本流動的加快和合作模式的多樣化,媒體公司的生存與發展將愈加依賴於靈活應變和策略性佈局。

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