Starz Inc.
American mass media company and Lionsgate subsidiary
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| 2024 | Lionsgate plans to change its name to Starz Entertainment to distinguish itself from Lionsgate Studios. |
| May 14 2024 | Lionsgate Studios is set to be founded as a separate publicly-traded company. |
| November 2023 | Lionsgate announces the spinoff of its film and television assets into Lionsgate Studios, with Starz to lay off 10% of its workforce and exit UK and Australian television markets by the end of 2023. |
| August 2023 | Lionsgate announces plans to exit Latin America before spinning off Starz. |
| December 8 2016 | Lionsgate finalizes the acquisition of Starz Inc., making Starz a subsidiary of Lionsgate. |
| June 30 2016 | Lionsgate agrees to acquire Starz Inc. for $4.4 billion in cash and stock, with plans to integrate Starz's home entertainment and TV distribution divisions. |
| November 10 2015 | Liberty Global and Discovery Communications make a joint investment of $195–400 million in Lionsgate, acquiring a 3.4% stake in the company. |
| February 11 2015 | John C. Malone swaps a 4.5% stake with 14.5% voting power in Starz Inc. for 3.4% of Lionsgate shares and joins the company's board of directors. |
| March 18 2013 | Starz was replaced in the NASDAQ-100 index by Kraft Foods. |
| January 11 2013 | Spin-off completed; Liberty Starz changed its name to Starz Inc., began trading on NASDAQ under ticker symbols STRZA and STRZB, and replaced Liberty Media in the NASDAQ-100 index. |
| August 8 2012 | Liberty Media announced a spin-off of Liberty Starz into a separate public company, involving approximately $1.5 billion of debt. |
| January 4 2011 | The Weinstein Company acquired 25% of Starz Media, establishing a five-year distribution deal for DVD releases and digital distribution starting April 2011. |
| January 1 2010 | Chris Albrecht became the president and CEO of Liberty Starz, overseeing the company's entities including Starz Entertainment, Overture Films, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Film Roman. |
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