AMC Networks’ New Dealmaker Heightens Talk of Buyout

TheStreet: AMC Networks, creator of “The Walking Dead,” may finally be walking the walk of a company looking to making a deal. The appointment earlier this month of Gregg Seibert, a former Merrill Lynch media investment banker, as AMC’s vice chairman is stoking speculation that the cable-TV operator may be preparing for a sale. AMC has long been seen as a potential takeover target by a larger media company in search of high-quality original programming.