As Hollywood and Wall Street brace for a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in 2025 under a Trump administration, eyes are trained on Lionsgate, AMC Networks and Roku as potential acquisition targets.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see a double-digit percentage increase in the number of deals in 2025 relative to 24,” KPMG U.S. media industry leader Scott Purdy told TheWrap. “We’re hopeful it’s going to be a strong year.”
The year 2025 is already proving to be a busy one for M&A activity, with Paramount Global’s $8 billion merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media and Silver Lake’s $13 billion deal to take Endeavor Group Holdings private among the deals on track to close in the new year.