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EXCLUSIVE: Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, whose subsidiaries include specialty film distributor Screen Media, is acquiring 1091 Pictures. The purchase price of $15.55 million consists of $8 million in cash, $2 million in newly issued shares of Series A perpetual preferred stock and 375,000 shares of Class A…

Cutting Edge Music Holdings and London-based investment firm Blantyre Capital have committed $125 million to acquire music publishing rights owned by film and TV composers. One-third of the capital has already been deployed to acquire catalogs encompassing a large number of projects on major networks and streaming…

Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American distribution rights to At the Ready, the documentary from Maisie Crow that follows three El Paso teenagers who embark on careers in law enforcement as the debates surrounding immigration and police reform in America reach fever pitches. The doc will be released in theaters…