Top media mergers and acquisitions in May 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 May 2026, 5 of them with a disclosed value, worth $3.5bn in total. The largest was Mittal family (Westview Cricket) and Adar Poonawalla's $1.7bn deal for Rajasthan Royals (Royals Sports Group), ahead of Apollo Global Management and Emerald Holding, Inc. and Questex at $1.5bn.
Top media mergers and acquisitions in May 2026
- 13 MayMittal family (Westview Cricket) and Adar Poonawalla → Rajasthan Royals (Royals Sports Group)Mittals and Poonawalla agree US$1.65bn deal for Rajasthan RoyalsMedia / Sports franchisesIn review$1.7bn
- 211 MayApollo Global Management → Emerald Holding, Inc. and QuestexApollo takes Emerald private in US$1.5bn events roll-upMedia / B2B eventsCompleted$1.5bn
- 321 MayIntegrated Media Company (VantageCo Limited) → Playstack Limited (TruFin's 84.5% stake)TruFin agrees £125m sale of Balatro publisher PlaystackMedia / Video game publishingCompleted$168m
- 413 MayAkatsuki Inc. → SUNNY SIDE UP GROUP Inc.Akatsuki takes control of Sunny Side Up in IP mergerMedia / PR and entertainment IPCompleted$80m
- 527 MayAdvaya Capital (Flix Buyer Inc.) → Comscore Movies and Hollywood SoftwareAdvaya buys Comscore's movie data unit for US$70mMedia / Box office dataCompleted$70m