Another serial spinner is at it again. In 2010, James Dolan spun off Madison Square Garden from its Cablevision empire in order to better value its sports and entertainment related businesses. Five years later the regional sports businesses got their own turn to shine via the spin off of MSG Networks (MSGN). Three years later and the Madison… Read More »
Horizon Kinetics is an asset management and research shop founded by Peter Doyle, Steven Bregman and Murray Stahl that has been analyzing spinoffs (and plenty of other things) for decades. Over the years, I’ve always enjoyed the various opportunities I’ve had to hear them speak. The firm even publishes a standalone research report dedicated to spinoffs and has… Read More »
While it was no Summer of Spin, the month of September witnessed plenty of activity on the spinoff front. In the days prior to month end: SPX Corporation (SPXC) spun off its flow products business into the aptly named SPX FLOW (FLOW) Fidelity National Financial Ventures (FNFV) unloaded part of its restaurant empire into J. Alexander Holdings (JAX) in a… Read More »
The Dolan family has spent the better part of the decade spinning off assets. The dynasty behind Cablevision(CVC) spun off the Madison Square Garden Company(MSG) in 2010, followed by AMC Networks(AMCX) in 2011. Now, all three companies are in the midst of radical transformations. Early this morning, Cablevision announced that it would be acquired by French telecom Altice… Read More »
The Dolan family is at it again. Perhaps inspired by the master of the spinoff, fellow cable mogul John Malone, 2010 Cablevision(CVC) spinoff The Madison Square Garden Company(MSG) has announced that it is exploring spinning off its Media and Sports business from its Live Entertainment business. The company’s Board Of Directors unanimously approved the plan to explore the… Read More »
Jim Royal, one of The Motley Fool’s “Rising Stars”, sure has taken a liking to spinoffs. He recently penned a brief note pegging recent spinoff Sabra Healthcare REIT(SBRA), and future spinoffs Rainbow Media and Northrup Grumman’s(NOC) shipbuilding unit as “Spinoff Stocks Worth Watching“. In a followup piece, Royal recommends buying Sabra, which recently spun out from Sun Healthcare(SUNH).… Read More »
Image via Wikipedia Cablevision Systems Corporation(CVC) which spun off Madison Square Garden(MSG) earlier this year is back at it, announcing that it plans to spin off its Rainbow Media Holdings business in mid-2011. Rainbow Holdings owns such popular cable channels as AMC, WE, IFC, and Sundance. Investors appeared enthused about the move, with the stock moving up 6.84%… Read More »