Top media mergers and acquisitions in March 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the media sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 5 deals in the media sector in March 2026, 3 of them with a disclosed value, worth $1.2bn in total. The largest was Axel Springer SE's $767m deal for Telegraph Media Group, ahead of Nippon Television Holdings, Inc. and KANAMEL Inc. at $235m.
Top media mergers and acquisitions in March 2026
- 16 MarAxel Springer SE → Telegraph Media GroupAxel Springer agrees £575m deal for the TelegraphMedia / NewspapersCompleted$767m
- 219 MarNippon Television Holdings, Inc. → KANAMEL Inc.Nippon TV agrees ¥37bn buyout of production group KANAMELMedia / Advertising and content productionCompleted$235m
- 325 MarLY Corporation (via LAAA Investment) → Kakao Games Corp.LY Corporation takes control of Kakao GamesMedia / Video gamesCompleted$200m
- 423 MarPrimary Wave Music → Kobalt Music GroupPrimary Wave agrees to buy KobaltMedia / Music publishingCompletedUndisclosed
- 510 MarTaarifa Ltd (Rostam Aziz) → NPRT Holdings Africa Limited (54.08% of Nation Media Group PLC)Rostam Aziz's Taarifa agrees to buy control of Nation Media GroupMedia / Publishing and broadcastingCompletedUndisclosed