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Estrella Media Sells Content and Digital Operations to MediaCo
- Client News
- April 17, 2024
Paul, Weiss advised leading Spanish-language media company Estrella Broadcasting, Inc., and its majority equity holder HPS Partners, in the sale of subsidiary Estrella Media’s network, content, digital and commercial operations to MediaCo Holding Inc. MediaCo operates radio stations HOT 97 and WBLS 107.5 in New York City. Under the terms of the deal brands included in the sale were the EstrellaTV network and its linear and digital video content business; Estrella Media’s digital channels, including its four FAST channels EstrellaTV, Estrella News, Cine EstrellaTV and Estrella Games; and the EstrellaTV app. Estrella Media will continue to own and operate its local radio and television stations.
The Paul, Weiss team included corporate partners Brian Scrivani, Jeffrey Marell, Luke Jennings and Sung Pak, and counsel Lukas Richards, Todd Hahn and David Sobel; executive compensation partner Andrea Wahlquist Brown; intellectual property and entertainment partner Chuck Googe; tax partners Reuven Garrett and Scott Sontag; real estate partner Peter Fisch; litigation partner Aidan Synnott and counsel Steven Herzog; international trade counsel Richard Elliott; environmental counsel William O’Brien; and antitrust counsel Yuni Sobel.