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RedBird Capital Signs Deal to Acquire Majority Stake in Puck, Valuing Media-Biz Outfit at $250 Million
Puck, the five-year-old media upstart, has a new owner: RedBird Capital Partners, the investment firm that is also a backer of other media companies including Paramount Skydance and its takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/redbird-acquires-puck-250-million-valuation-1236874335
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Puck, the five-year-old media upstart, has a new owner: RedBird Capital Partners, the investment firm that is also a backer of other media companies including Paramount Skydance and its takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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| September 24, 2026 at 11:01 AM EDT to September 25, 2026 at 11:46 AM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Passed | 200 | 2 checks over about 25 hours, the same result every time. the page contains the quotation, exactlyEvery one of the 2
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