TKO Group Holdings
TKO Invests In NFL, RedBird Joint Venture As It Inks Sunday Ticket Deal
TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC and the WWE, which is controlled by Endeavor, has made a strategic investment in EverPass Media as the media platform gains the ability to stream NFL’s Sunday Ticket games for commercial businesses. The platform, which distributes live sports and other entertainment content to businesses, is backed by […]
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Vince McMahon to Sell $311M in TKO Stock to the Company and Endeavor
At Wrestlemania 40 this past weekend, WWE chief content officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque took to the stage at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia and opened the events by declaring it a “new era” for the company. It was the first Wrestlemania to be held under the ownership of TKO Group Holdings, formed when Endeavor […]
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How Vince McMahon Got TKO’d
When Vince McMahon stepped into the New York Stock Exchange on Jan. 23, he was on hand to celebrate what was supposed to be a triumph for TKO Group Holdings, the company for which he was executive chairman, and the owner of the WWE, the wrestling promotion that McMahon turned into a multibillion-dollar business. Earlier that […]
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Dwayne Johnson Joins Board of WWE and UFC Owner TKO, Gets Ownership of “The Rock” Name
The Rock is officially back in business with the WWE. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been appointed to the board of directors of TKO, the public company that owns the WWE and UFC. TKO announced Johnson’s appointment Tuesday morning. In addition, the company is granting Johnson full ownership of his trademarked in-ring name “The Rock,” […]
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Vince McMahon to Sell $700M in TKO Stock, Ari Emanuel Expected to Buy Portion
WWE founder Vince McMahon is selling a big chunk of his holdings in TKO Group, the Endeavor-controlled owner of the wrestling giant. According to a securities filing Thursday, McMahon plans to sell 8.4 million shares in TKO, with a street value of just over $700 million as of market close. That is nearly 25 percent […]
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Ari Emanuel Takes Aim at CAA Over Alleged Weinstein Ties: “They Didn’t Apologize”
Endeavor and TKO Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel appeared at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference to talk business — and a lawsuit impacting rival CAA — but it was impossible to ignore the story dominating geopolitics. Emanuel was asked by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw for his thoughts on the attacks in Israel, given his status as one of […]
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