Disney, Hearst Shopping for New Owners of A+E Global Media

[Mark Jeffries]

The cable network owner that the two companies have owned for over 30 years (NBC was an original owner but sold out in the early 90s) has hired Wells Fargo to see if there's anyone out there who wants in on the dying linear cable channel market--besides A&E, it includes Lifetime and History:

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/ae-lifetime-history-cable-sale-disney-hearst-1236449196/?utm_source=www.status.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=ellison-s-late-night-limbo&_bhlid=1eb2a196638453e9b8d1f61d08ae9187fad1a629

Interesting that A+E is actually spending more money on original programming, going against the trends of the rest of the industry, and that includes Lifetime's scripted women-in-peril movies.