Lions Gate Offered to Sell Starz to CBS for $5.5 Billion

Lions Gate Offered to Sell Starz to CBS for $5.5 Billion
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Lions Gates Entertainment offered to sell cable channel Starz to CBS Corp. for $5.5 billion after rebuffing a lower offer, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The counteroffer was made by the film studio behind the Hunger Games movies after CBS made an informal $5 billion bid for the cable network, the sources said.