Miramax in Talks to Sell to Qatar Broadcaster BeIN

Bloomberg: Billionaire Thomas Barrack Jr. and other investors in the Miramax film company, the owner of Oscar-winning movies including “Shakespeare in Love,” are said to be in exclusive talks to sell the business to Qatar-based broadcaster BeIN Media Group. A sale could be completed by the end of the year. BeIN was formed in January 2014 in a spinoff from Qatar’s Al Jazeera Media Network.