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Amazon buys Hollywood studio MGM in $8.45bn deal

Battle for streaming supremacy hots up after acquisition of studio behind James Bond franchise

Amazon has bought MGM, the Hollywood studio behind the James Bond and Rocky franchises, for nearly $8.5bn as the battle for global streaming supremacy reaches new heights.

The scale of the deal far exceeds the $5bn (£3.5bn) price tag suggested when the studio put itself up for sale in December, as the fight to secure must-watch programming fuels fierce bidding wars for owners of increasingly scarce “crown jewel” content.

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Originally posted in the guardian.