Uday Shankar
Media & Entertainment
Ambani’s Reliance and Disney merge India media assets to form $8.5B joint venture
7:55 pm PST • February 28, 2024
Reliance, its portfolio Viacom18 and Disney are merging their media businesses in India, creating the largest media entity in the world’s most populous nation. Reliance, which will control the joint…
Venture
James Murdoch’s fund slashes investment in Reliance-backed Viacom18
1:16 am PDT • April 14, 2023
James Murdoch’s venture fund Bodhi Tree slashed its planned investment into Viacom18 to $528 million, down 70% from the committed $1.78 billion, the two said late Thursday as the weakening…
AI
Daily Crunch: Samsung erases the Note, starts new page with Galaxy S22 Ultra phablet
3:17 pm PST • February 9, 2022
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Venture
James Murdoch and Uday Shankar return with $1.5 billion Qatar-backed investment firm Bodhi Tree, to focus on India and Southeast Asia
10:57 am PST • February 9, 2022
James Murdoch and Uday Shankar have launched a new venture called Bodhi Tree with a $1.5 billion backing from Qatar Investment Authority as the duo looks to double down on…