KKR to Acquire RBmedia
July 16, 2018
LANDOVER, Md. & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–KKR, a leading global investment firm, and RBmedia, a leading digital audiobook and related spoken content producer, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR will acquire RBmedia from Shamrock Capital. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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