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70-449: CMG Media Corporation ( doing business as Cox Media Group ) is an American media conglomerate principally owned by Apollo Global Management in conjunction with Cox Enterprises , which maintains a 29% minority stake in the company. The company primarily owns radio and television stations—many of which are located in the South , Pacific Northwest , Eastern Midwest , and Northeast , and

140-750: A Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in preparation for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange . In May 2008, Apollo invested in Vantium, a company that buys residential mortgage assets as part of a strategy to profit from the United States housing market correction . In July 2008, the company closed a $ 758 million value-add fund. Also in 2008, Apollo opened an office in India , its first office in Asia. During

210-467: A $ 1.2 billion market value collateralized debt obligation vehicle . Ares I and II which were raised were structured as market value CLOs . Ares III-Ares X were structured as cash flow CLOs . In 2002, Ares completed a corporate spin-off from Apollo management. Although technically the founders of Ares had completed a spinout with the formation of the firm in 1997, they had maintained a close relationship with Apollo over its first five years and operated as

280-554: A $ 2 billion vehicle in Europe, AP Alternative Assets. It was a Guernsey -domiciled publicly traded, private-equity closed-end, limited partnership , managed by Apollo Alternative Assets, an affiliate of Apollo Management. Apollo initially attempted to raise $ 2.5 billion for the public vehicle, but fell short when it offered the shares in June 2006, raising only $ 1.5 billion. Apollo raised an additional $ 500 million via private placements in

350-479: A 100% interest in the newspapers; the sale, which reunited the papers with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Cox Enterprises' newspaper holdings, allowed them to continue daily publication despite the court ruling. The sale was officially closed on March 2. On February 22, 2022, a partnership of Standard General and Apollo announced their intent to acquire Tegna ; Apollo will hold non-voting shares in

420-488: A 31% interest. In December 2009, Apollo announced the acquisition of Cedar Fair Entertainment Company for $ 635 million and assumed debt valuing the company at $ 2.4 billion. In April 2010, the deal was terminated due to poor shareholder response. In January 2011, Apollo acquired 51% of Alcan Engineered Products from Rio Tinto Group . On March 29, 2011, Apollo became a public company via an IPO. In June 2011, Apollo acquired CKx. In March 2012, Apollo acquired

490-420: A DBA must be registered with a local or state government, or both, depending on the jurisdiction. For example, California, Texas and Virginia require a DBA to be registered with each county (or independent city in the case of Virginia) where the owner does business. Maryland and Colorado have DBAs registered with a state agency. Virginia also requires corporations and LLCs to file a copy of their registration with

560-467: A DBA statement, though names including the first and last name of the owner may be accepted. This also reduces the possibility of two local businesses operating under the same name, although some jurisdictions do not provide exclusivity for a name, or may allow more than one party to register the same name. Note, though, that this is not a substitute for filing a trademark application. A DBA filing carries no legal weight in establishing trademark rights. In

630-412: A US-domiciled publicly traded , private-equity, closed-end fund and Business Development Company . AIC provides mezzanine debt , senior secured loans , and equity investments to middle-market companies , including public companies, although it historically has not invested in companies controlled by Apollo's private-equity funds. Apollo, originally referred to as Apollo Advisors, was founded after

700-516: A businessperson writes a trade name on a contract, invoice, or cheque, they must also add the legal name of the business. Numbered companies will very often operate as something other than their legal name, which is unrecognizable to the public. In Chile , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Ireland , businesses are legally required to register business names where these differ from

770-423: A consortium of other international investors provided the capital for Lion's investment activities. Lion Advisors was replaced by Ares Management . At the time of Apollo's founding, little financing was available for new leveraged buyouts and Apollo turned, instead, to a strategy of distressed-to-control takeovers. Apollo purchased distressed securities , which could be converted into a controlling interest in

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840-484: A controlling interest in the company to Apollo, and Northwest Broadcasting from Brian Brady. In December 2008, Cox Enterprises created Cox Media Group (CMG) by merging Cox Newspapers, Cox Radio, and Cox Television into one integrated digital media company. The creation of Cox Media Group was a departure from grouping subsidiaries based solely on publishing medium. In August 2009, Cox Enterprises realigned its radio, television, newspaper/publishing, and digital assets into

910-442: A franchisor that owns Coldwell Banker, Century 21, and Sotheby's International Realty, for $ 8.5 billion. As the United States housing market correction accelerated in 2008, Realogy faced financial pressures due to its debt load. In November 2008, Realogy launched an exchange offer for a portion of its debt to provide additional flexibility, prompting a lawsuit from Carl Icahn . In 2013, Apollo sold out of this investment, making

980-516: A listed business development company , Apollo Investment Corporation. In September 2004, investment funds managed by Apollo and Sterling Partners acquired Connections Academy . It was sold in 2011 for $ 400 million. In 2005, Apollo formed Hexion Specialty Chemicals through the merger of Borden, Inc. , Resolution Performance Products LLC, and Resolution Specialty Materials, LLC, and the acquisition of Bakelite AG. Hexion announced in July 2007 that it

1050-503: A majority interest in the CMG television stations, as well as the Dayton radio stations and Ohio newspapers (whose operations are integrated with WHIO-TV ), forming a new company that retains Cox Media Group's management and operating structure; Cox Enterprises holds a minority stake in this company. Cox's other radio stations, as well as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , were not included in

1120-774: A new group-buying discount program called DealSwarm in October 2010. DealSwarm provides online discounts at local businesses. The program is active in such Cox Media Group properties as Atlanta, Austin and Dayton. In July 2012, CMG announced its intention to sell its radio stations in smaller markets: Birmingham, Greenville, Hawaii, Louisville, Richmond, and Southern Connecticut. It also intends to spin off its smaller-market television stations in El Paso, Johnstown, Reno, and Steubenville. The company said it intended to focus on larger markets or smaller markets that could be clustered together with other CMG properties. In April 2013, CMG launched

1190-418: A number of countries, the phrase " trading as " (abbreviated to t/a ) is used to designate a trade name. In the United States , the phrase " doing business as " (abbreviated to DBA , dba , d.b.a. , or d/b/a ) is used, among others, such as assumed business name or fictitious business name . In Canada , " operating as " (abbreviated to o/a ) and " trading as " are used, although " doing business as "

1260-614: A profit of $ 1.3 billion. In May 2007, Apollo acquired Countrywide plc , a provider of residential property-related services in the UK, formerly known as Hambro Countrywide (1988) and Countrywide Assured Group (1998) for $ 1.05 billion (not related to Countrywide Financial ). In November 2007, the company sold 9% of itself to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority . In January 2008, Apollo and TPG Capital acquired Harrah's Entertainment for $ 27.4 billion, including

1330-431: A prominent lieutenant of Michael Milken and a key player in the buyout boom of the 1980s . Lion Advisors (or Lion Capital) was founded in 1990 to provide investment services to Credit Lyonnais and foreign institutions, seeking to profit from depressed prices in the high-yield market. In 1992, Lion entered into a more formal arrangement to manage the $ 3 billion high-yield portfolio for Credit Lyonnais which together with

1400-539: A public company, majority owned by Cox Enterprises, in 1996. Around April 2009, Cox Enterprises proposed a US$ 69-million takeover offer of Cox Radio. The offer expired on May 1, 2009. The offer was later raised to $ 4.80 a share, and the expiration was pushed to May 13. The offer was accepted, and the acquisition was completed on June 1. Stations are listed in alphabetical order by state and city of license . The following outlets were at one time owned by subsidiary Cox Newspapers Inc. or CMG: Doing business as In

1470-458: A registered legal name and a fictitious business name, or trade name, is important because fictitious business names do not always identify the entity that is legally responsible . Legal agreements (such as contracts ) are normally made using the registered legal name of the business. If a corporation fails to consistently adhere to such important legal formalities like using its registered legal name in contracts, it may be subject to piercing of

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1540-454: Is also sometimes used. A company typically uses a trade name to conduct business using a simpler name rather than using their formal and often lengthier name. Trade names are also used when a preferred name cannot be registered, often because it may already be registered or is too similar to a name that is already registered. Using one or more fictitious business names does not create additional separate legal entities. The distinction between

1610-724: Is called a razón social . Apollo Global Management Apollo Global Management, Inc. is an American asset management firm that primarily invests in alternative assets . As of 2022 , the company had $ 548 billion of assets under management, including $ 392 billion invested in credit, including mezzanine capital , hedge funds , non-performing loans , and collateralized loan obligations , $ 99 billion invested in private equity , and $ 46.2 billion invested in real assets, which includes real estate and infrastructure . The company invests money on behalf of pension funds , financial endowments , and sovereign wealth funds , as well as other institutional and individual investors. Apollo

1680-648: The Atlanta Business Chronicle reported that Cox Enterprises was "exploring options" for its radio stations. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution would not be included in any potential deal for the stations. On June 26, 2019, Cox announced that the radio stations, as well as national advertising business – CoxReps, and local OTT advertising agency - Gamut, would also be acquired by the Apollo Global Management-backed company, which concurrently announced that it would retain

1750-479: The Austin American-Statesman newspaper all fall under the same regional vice president. In addition to the radio/TV stations and newspapers, Cox Media Group encompasses Cox Digital Solutions (digital sales for both Cox and non-Cox online and mobile properties), Cox Reps (national TV sales for station groups such as Gray and Tegna), Kudzu.com, Savings.com, and Valpak direct mail. CMG introduced

1820-466: The United Kingdom , there is no filing requirement for a "business name", defined as "any name under which someone carries on business" that, for a company or limited liability partnership, "is not its registered name", but there are requirements for disclosure of the owner's true name and some restrictions on the use of certain names. A minority of U.S. states, including Washington , still use

1890-577: The financial crisis of 2007–2008 , several of Apollo's investments came under pressure. Apollo's 2005 investment in the struggling US retailer Linens 'n Things suffered from a significant debt burden and softening consumer demand. In May 2008, Linens filed for bankruptcy protection, costing Apollo all of its $ 365 million investment in the company. In 2009, the company was sued by a noteholder claiming mismanagement. Apollo exercised its " PIK toggle " option at Claire's to shut off cash interest payments to its bondholders and instead issue more debt, to provide

1960-569: The $ 3.1 billion leveraged buyouts of costume jewelry retailer Claire's Stores. In 2008, Claire's experienced financial difficulty amid the slump in consumer spending. In April 2007, Apollo acquired Noranda Aluminum , the US aluminum business of Xstrata for $ 1.15 billion. Noranda Aluminum includes a primary smelter and three rolling mills in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas along with other operations. In April 2007, Apollo acquired Realogy ,

2030-643: The Cox Media Group name instead of Terrier Media. As they would no longer be grandfathered, the new company must divest a radio station each in the Orlando and Tampa Bay markets. Both acquisitions, along with Apollo's concurrent $ 384 million acquisition of Northwest Broadcasting , were approved by the FCC on November 22, 2019, under conditions imposed after a federal court blocked changes to several FCC ownership policies. To comply with regulations prohibiting

2100-499: The State of California over its purchase of Executive Life Insurance Company in 1991. The same year, Attorney General of California Bill Lockyer accused Leon and an investor group led by French bank Credit Lyonnais of violating California law by having a foreign government-owned bank acquire the assets and bond portfolio of Executive Life Insurance. In April 2004, Apollo raised $ 930 million through an initial public offering for

2170-466: The U.S. government's Resolution Trust Corporation . One of Apollo's earliest and most successful deals involved the acquisition of Executive Life Insurance Company's bond portfolio. Using this vehicle, Apollo purchased the Executive Life portfolio, profiting when the value of high-yield bonds recovered, but also resulting in a variety of state regulatory issues for Apollo and Credit Lyonnais over

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2240-418: The U.S., trademark rights are acquired by use in commerce, but there can be substantial benefits to filing a trademark application. Sole proprietors are the most common users of DBAs. Sole proprietors are individual business owners who run their businesses themselves. Since most people in these circumstances use a business name other than their own name, it is often necessary for them to get DBAs. Generally,

2310-463: The West Coast affiliate of Apollo. Shortly thereafter, Ares completed fundraising for Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund, a special-situations investment fund with $ 750 million of capital under management. In 1998, during the dot-com bubble , Apollo raised Apollo Investment Fund IV with $ 3.6 billion of investor commitments. As of April 8, 2008, the fund had generated a 10% IRR net of fees. Among

2380-642: The acquisition of the Smart & Final chain of warehouse-style food and supply stores. In June 2007, Smart & Final completed the acquisition of the Henry's Marketplace chain of " farmers market " style food retailers from Wild Oats Markets as part of that company's acquisition by Whole Foods Market . In 2011, the Henry's chain was merged with Sprouts Farmers Market , which, like the Henry's markets, had been founded by Henry Boney. In March 2007, Apollo announced

2450-707: The assumption of existing debt. In January 2008, Apollo invested $ 1 billion in Norwegian Cruise Line to support a recapitalization of the company's balance sheet. In December 2018, Apollo cashed out of this investment. In February 2008, Apollo acquired Regent Seven Seas Cruises from Carlson Companies for $ 1 billion. Following the purchase, Apollo ordered a new ship for Regent. In April 2008, Apollo, TPG Capital , and The Blackstone Group acquired $ 12.5 billion of bank loans from Citigroup . The portfolio comprised primarily senior secured loans that had been made to finance leveraged-buyout transactions at

2520-487: The business Verso Paper. Verso is the second-largest producer of the North American magazine publishing and catalog/commercial print markets. In May 2008, Verso became a public company via an IPO. In February 2007, Apollo acquired Oceania Cruises for $ 850 million and provided additional capital to fund the expansion of the company with the purchase of two new cruise ships.! In February 2007, Apollo announced

2590-543: The cable network INSP —for an undisclosed amount. The sale was completed on August 1. On June 18, 2024, Cox Media Group conducted a round of layoffs around the company including mostly low level management, morning show hosts, program/brand directors and promotions personnel. The exact number or positions have not been officially disclosed. Cox Media Group owns, operates or provides sales and marketing services to 50 stations in 10 markets. This radio portfolio includes nine AM stations and forty-one FM stations. Cox Radio became

2660-569: The collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1990 by Leon Black , the former head of Drexel's mergers and acquisitions department, along with Josh Harris and Marc Rowan . Tony Ressler , another former senior Drexel executive, was also among the firm's original members. Within six months after the collapse of Drexel, Apollo launched Apollo Investment Fund L.P., the first of its private-equity investment funds, formed to make investments in distressed companies. Apollo raised around $ 400 million of investor commitments based on Leon Black's reputation as

2730-433: The company with additional financial flexibility. In December 2008, Apollo completed fundraising for its latest fund, Apollo Investment Fund VII, with roughly $ 14.7 billion of investor commitments. Apollo had been targeting $ 15 billion, but had been in fundraising for more than 16 months, with the bulk of the capital raised in 2007. In November 2009, Liberty Global acquired Unity Media GMBH; funds managed by Apollo owned

2800-463: The company. As part of the sale, Standard General will sell Standard Media 's WDKA , WLNE , KBSI , and KLKN to CMG, and CMG will also acquire Tegna's stations in Dallas–Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin (including WFAA , KHOU , and KVUE ). WFXT will be divested to Standard General. The sale was approved by Standard General and Apollo Global Management on May 17, 2022. On February 24, 2023, it

2870-484: The corporate veil . In English , trade names are generally treated as proper nouns . In Argentina , a trade name is known as a nombre de fantasía ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called a razón social (social name). In Brazil , a trade name is known as a nome fantasia ('fantasy' or 'fiction' name), and the legal name of business is called razão social (social name). In some Canadian jurisdictions , such as Ontario , when

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2940-534: The county or city to be registered with the State Corporation Commission. DBA statements are often used in conjunction with a franchise . The franchisee will have a legal name under which it may sue and be sued, but will conduct business under the franchiser's brand name (which the public would recognize). A typical real-world example can be found in a well-known pricing mistake case, Donovan v. RRL Corp. , 26 Cal. 4th 261 (2001), where

3010-402: The cross-ownership of broadcast stations and daily newspapers (which the FCC had sought to repeal), CMG agreed to cut publication of its Ohio newspapers to three days a week within 30 days of the deal's completion; Cox Enterprises also reduced its stake in CMG to a nonattributable interest, eliminating an ownership conflict with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution . CMG was also required to surrender

3080-599: The deal; Cox had previously said that any deal involving the television stations would not include radio stations or newspapers. In March 2019 filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Apollo disclosed that the new company, tentatively named Terrier Media, would purchase the Cox stations for $ 3.1 billion (reduced by the value of Cox's equity stake in Terrier). On March 18, 2019,

3150-465: The equity of the company through a bankruptcy reorganization or other restructuring. Apollo used distressed debt as an entry point, enabling the firm to invest in such firms as Vail Resorts , Walter Industries , Culligan , and Samsonite . Apollo acquired interests in companies that Drexel had helped finance by purchasing high-yield bonds from failed savings and loans and insurance companies. Apollo acquired several large portfolios of assets from

3220-426: The firm to found Pegasus Capital Advisors. Since its inception, Pegasus has raised $ 1.8 billion in four private-equity funds focused on investments in middle-market companies in financial distress. In 1997, Ares Management was founded by Antony Ressler and John H. Kissick, both partners at Apollo, as well as Bennett Rosenthal, who joined the group from the global leveraged finance group at Merrill Lynch , to manage

3290-438: The founders of Ares had completed a corporate spin-off with the formation of the firm in 1997, they had initially maintained a close relationship with Apollo and operated as the West Coast affiliate of Apollo. . In 2002, when Ares raised its first corporate opportunities fund, the firm announced that it would separate from its former parent company. The timing of this separation also coincided with Apollo's legal difficulties with

3360-488: The fund had generated a 54% IRR net of fees. Among the investments made in Fund V (invested through 2006) were Affinion Group , AMC Entertainment , Berry Plastics , Cablecom , Compass Minerals , General Nutrition Centers (GNC), Goodman Global, Hexion Specialty Chemicals ( Borden ), Intelsat , Linens 'n Things , Metals USA, Nalco Investment Holdings , Sourcecorp, Spectrasite Communications , and Unity Media. Although

3430-477: The investments made in Fund III (invested through 1998) were: Alliance Imaging, Allied Waste Industries , Breuners Home Furnishings , Levitz Furniture , Communications Corporation of America , Dominick's , Ralphs (acquired Apollo's Food-4-Less ), Move.com , NRT Incorporated , Pillowtex Corporation , Telemundo , and WMC Mortgage Corporation . Also in 1995, Apollo's founding partner Craig Cogut left

3500-641: The investments made in Fund IV (invested through 2001) were: Allied Waste Industries , AMC Entertainment , Berlitz International , Clark Retail Enterprises, Corporate Express ( Buhrmann ), Encompass Services Corporation, National Financial Partners, Pacer International , Rent-A-Center , Resolution Performance Products , Resolution Specialty Materials , Sirius Satellite Radio , SkyTerra Communications, United Rentals , and Wyndham Worldwide . In April 2001, Apollo raised Apollo Investment Fund V with $ 3.7 billion of investor commitments. As of April 8, 2008,

3570-402: The law is to protect the public from fraud, by compelling the business owner to first file or register his fictitious business name with the county clerk, and then making a further public record of it by publishing it in a newspaper. Several other states, such as Illinois , require print notices as well. In Uruguay , a trade name is known as a nombre fantasía , and the legal name of business

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3640-566: The licenses to two of Northwest Broadcasting's stations, in Yuma, Arizona , and Syracuse, New York , where Northwest's existing duopolies did not comply with reinstated provisions of the FCC's duopoly rule. Cox announced the closing of the acquisition on December 17, 2019. On February 10, 2020, Cox Enterprises announced it would repurchase the Dayton Daily News , Journal-News , and Springfield News-Sun from CMG, once again owning

3710-461: The named defendant, RRL Corporation, was a Lexus car dealership doing business as " Lexus of Westminster ", but remaining a separate legal entity from Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. . In California , filing a DBA statement also requires that a notice of the fictitious name be published in local newspapers for some set period of time to inform the public of the owner's intent to operate under an assumed name . The intention of

3780-569: The online-only new site Rare.us as a conservative media source, originally with the tagline "Red is the Center", and more recently "America's News Feed". After initially-low audience numbers, the site expanded dramatically following more prominent use of social media and a more diverse range of stories. On February 12, 2013, CMG announced the sale of the Birmingham, Greenville, Hawaii, Louisville, and Richmond radio stations to SummitMedia , and

3850-401: The peak of the market. Citigroup had been unable to syndicate the loans before the onset of the credit crunch. The loans were reported to have been sold in the "mid-80 cents on the dollar" relative to face value. In late 2008, Apollo received margin calls associated with the financing of its purchase of certain loan portfolios as the values of the loans decreased. In April 2008, Apollo filed

3920-432: The private equity market was booming. Among Apollo's most notable investments during this period were Harrah's Entertainment , Norwegian Cruise Line , Claire's Stores , and Realogy . In 2006, Apollo acquired Rexnord Corporation for $ 1.825 billion, Berry Plastics for $ 2.25 billion, Momentive Performance Materials for approximately $ 3.8 billion, and TNT N.V. for $ 1.9 billion. In August 2006, Apollo launched

3990-510: The purchase. In 1993, Apollo Real Estate Advisers was founded in collaboration with William Mack to seek opportunities in the U.S. property markets. In April 1993, Apollo Real Estate Investment Fund, L.P., the first in a family of real estate "opportunity funds", was closed with $ 500 million of investor commitments. In 2000, Apollo exited the partnership, which continued to operate as Apollo Real Estate Advisers until changing its name to AREA Property Partners effective January 15, 2009. That firm

4060-510: The regional cable news network Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC). Originally founded in December 2008 by Cox Enterprises through a consolidation of its existing publishing and broadcasting subsidiaries, the current incarnation of Cox Media Group was formed on December 17, 2019, through the acquisition by Apollo of the original Cox Media Group (along with Cox Enterprises' advertising subsidiary, Gamut) from Cox Enterprises, which transferred

4130-462: The same division. Under the new structure, while the local brands remain independent, they share resources and some management. Dayton, Ohio, was considered the prototype for the media group, where radio, television, newspaper, and direct mail were all in the same market, and were combined into a new building. In other markets where the facilities are not as close together, they do share some senior management; for example, Houston and San Antonio Radio and

4200-557: The southern Connecticut stations to Connoisseur Media ; two weeks later, on February 25, the company announced the sale of the four television stations (and the local marketing agreement for a fifth) to Sinclair Broadcast Group . In October 2014, Cox Digital Solutions became Gamut. Smart Media from Cox., offering media solutions to address the evolution of over-the-top media services (OTT). With this transition, CMG will cover linear television and radio, and Gamut will focus on OTT/ CTV . On July 24, 2018, Cox Enterprises announced that it

4270-459: The surname(s) of the sole trader or partners, or the legal name of a company. The Companies Registration Office publishes a searchable register of such business names. In Japan , the word yagō ( 屋号 ) is used. In Colonial Nigeria , certain tribes had members that used a variety of trading names to conduct business with the Europeans. Two examples were King Perekule VII of Bonny , who

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4340-469: The term trade name to refer to "doing business as" (DBA) names. In most U.S. states now, however, DBAs are officially referred to using other terms. Almost half of the states, including New York and Oregon , use the terms assumed business name or assumed name ; nearly as many, including Pennsylvania , use the term fictitious name . For consumer protection purposes, many U.S. jurisdictions require businesses operating with fictitious names to file

4410-421: The unprofitable Great Wolf Resorts for $ 703 million. In November 2012, Apollo acquired McGraw-Hill Education for $ 2.5 billion. In 2013, Apollo acquired Pitney Bowes Management Services (PBMS) for $ 400 million. From PBMS, Apollo formed Novitex Enterprise Solutions. Novitex is a document-outsourcing provider that manages business-critical services for over 500 companies across 10 industries. In 2017, it

4480-499: The weeks following that sale. AAA was formed to invest alongside Apollo's main private-equity funds and hedge funds. AAA's investment portfolio was made up of a mix of private-equity and capital-markets investments. It was liquidated in 2020. In October 2006, Apollo announced a $ 990 million leveraged buyout of Jacuzzi Brands , a manufacturer of whirlpool baths. In 2006, Apollo acquired International Paper 's coated paper and supercalendered paper business for $ 1.4 billion, renaming

4550-504: Was "exploring strategic options" for Cox Media Group's television stations, which the company said could involve "partnering or merging these stations into a larger TV company." Cox Media Group's president, Kim Guthrie, subsequently clarified to trade publication Radio & Television Business Report that the company was solely seeking "a merger or partnership" and not an outright sale of the television stations. On February 15, 2019, Cox announced that Apollo Global Management would acquire

4620-407: Was acquiring Huntsman Corporation , a major specialty-chemicals company, in a $ 6.5 billion leveraged buyout. Hexion announced in June 2008 it would refuse to close the deal, prompting a series of legal actions. The transaction was terminated in December after a settlement between Hexion and Huntsman, wherein they were required to pay Huntsman $ 1 billion to drop fraud charges. Between 2005 and 2007,

4690-1479: Was confirmed that the deal would be given a hearing before an administrative law judge , which the FCC Commissioner's Board voted to remand the merger review. The deal was terminated on May 22, 2023. On March 30, 2022, Cox Media Group announced that it would sell 18 stations, namely KYMA in Yuma, Arizona ; KIEM and KVIQ-LD in Eureka, California ; KPVI in Idaho Falls, Idaho ; KLAX in Alexandria, Louisiana ; WABG , WNBD and WXVT in Greenwood, Mississippi ; WICZ in Binghamton, New York ; WSYT in Syracuse, New York ; KOKI and KMYT in Tulsa, Oklahoma ; KMVU and KFBI-LD in Medford, Oregon ; WHBQ in Memphis, Tennessee ; KAYU in Spokane, Washington ; and KCYU-LD and KFFX in Yakima, Washington to Imagicomm Communications —a shell company affiliated with

4760-823: Was founded in 1990 by Leon Black , Josh Harris , and Marc Rowan , former investment bankers at the defunct Drexel Burnham Lambert . The company is headquartered in the Solow Building in New York City , with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. Among the most notable companies in which funds managed by the company have invested are ADT Inc. , CareerBuilder , Cox Media Group , Intrado , Legendary Entertainment , Rackspace Technology , Redbox , Shutterfly , Sirius Satellite Radio , Qdoba , Smart & Final , The Restaurant Group , University of Phoenix , and Yahoo Inc. In addition to its private funds, Apollo operates Apollo Investment Corporation (AIC),

4830-553: Was known as Captain Pepple in trade matters, and King Jubo Jubogha of Opobo , who bore the pseudonym Captain Jaja . Both Pepple and Jaja would bequeath their trade names to their royal descendants as official surnames upon their deaths. In Singapore , there is no filing requirement for a "trading as" name, but there are requirements for disclosure of the underlying business or company's registered name and unique entity number. In

4900-517: Was then owned and controlled by its remaining principals, including William Mack, Lee Neibart, William Benjamin, John Jacobsson, Stuart Koenig, and Richard Mack. In 1995, Apollo raised its third private-equity fund, Apollo Investment Fund III, with $ 1.5 billion of investor commitments from investors that included CalPERS and the General Motors pension fund. Fund III was only an average performer for private-equity funds of its vintage. Among

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