Following several days of negotiation and rumors, Verizon today announced that it has entered an agreement to sell its media assets to private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion. Apollo will be paying Verizon $4.25 billion in cash, along with preferred interests of $750 million, and Verizon will keep 10% of the company. … Continue reading Private equity firm Apollo to buy Verizon Media assets for $5B, will rename business ‘Yahoo’