AP Source: CBS buys half of TV Guide net for $100M

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Broadcaster CBS Corp. is buying a 50 percent stake in TV Guide’s pay TV channel and website for nearly $100 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The price is less than the $123 million that JPMorgan Chase’s One Equity Partners paid for a 49 percent stake four years ago. It brings CBS Corp. into an equal partnership with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

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