Summit is trying to avoid its own twilight

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Lawrence Kahn

latimes.com - 11/3/2009

Summit is trying to avoid its own twilight

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Looking to expand Summit President Patrick Wachsberger and CEO Rob Friedman are exploring merger and growth opportunities, including purchases of smaller firms and libraries. ( Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times / October 23 , 2009 )

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Interesting article on the business side of Summit & Twilight: http://bit.ly/3a6qmL 11/3/2009

[Summit is trying to avoid its own twilight][http://bit.ly/3a6qmL] 11/3/2009

Here is a great article on Summit Entertainment. http://bit.ly/3a6qmL 11/3/2009

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Summit's Dilemma: To Buy or Be Bought?
DealBook — ... was then foreign film sales company Summit Entertainment, along with other investors, to acquire the firm. At the time, it was the first major deal whereby Wall Street investors put money up for the distribution game, rather than investing in slates of films. But Summit really came into its own with the run-away success of “Twilight,” which has come at a time when other small studios like Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Weinstein Company are struggling to get their finances in order. Go to Article from The Los Angeles Times »

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24/7 Wall St. — ... $1 billion into hedge funds (Crain’s NY) Studio Summit Entertainment may be a buy-out target for a larger studio like Lions Gate (NYSE:LGF) (LATimes) China Unicom (NYSE:CHU) has ...