The U.S. entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal are attracting interest from a wider list of firms, including Liberty Media, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and GE's NBC division, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported on Monday.

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Beverly Drive building to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment mark James Bond's monumental golden anniversary with the release of BOND 50, the complete Bond experience showcasing all 22 classic films on Blu-ray together for the first time ever, neatly packaged into one cool, sleek collectable box-set.

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For Epix, which has struggled to gain carriage deals from traditional cable operators like Comcast and Time Warner Cable since its launch late last year, it provides both a cash infusion and another (markedly higher profile) distribution platform for an extensive library of flicks from its partners, Paramount, Lionsgate, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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In 1974, Samuel Goldwyn, U.S. film producer and co-founder of Metro Goldwyn Mayer, or MGM, died.

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