美国小姐现在归中国首富所有了

中国房地产和娱乐集团大连万达已经同意以10亿美元收购迪克·克拉克制片公司，该公司负责运作金球奖和美国小姐选美比赛，万达在好莱坞的业务进一步拓展。

万达老板，也是中国首富王健林周五在一份声明中表示，将收购迪克·克拉克制片公司的所有股权，该公司是美国娱乐业的标志性企业，还负责颁发乡村音乐学院奖和公告牌音乐奖。

迪克·克拉克制片公司的母公司——媒体投资控股公司埃尔德里奇工业公司表示9月曾与万达谈判。迪克·克拉克制片公司创办者为著名电视节目主持人迪克·克拉克，1957年至1987年间他担任“美国舞台”流行音乐电视节目主持人。这家以创办者名字命名的公司于1986年上市，16年后被私有化。

此举也是万达进军好莱坞的最新动作。目前万达旗下已有传奇娱乐和美国院线连锁运营商AMC娱乐控股。传奇娱乐是《侏罗纪世界》等卖座影片的联合制片公司。

今年9月万达还表示将推广索尼影视的电影，并共同为索尼旗下在中国的影业公司发行新片提供资金。

万达在声明中表示，这项交易标志着进军电视内容领域迈出“第一步”，此前万达已投资主题公园、电影制片和体育运动等领域。该公司还表示交易完成后迪克·克拉克目前的管理团队不会调整。

王建林曾在8月份向路透社表示，他预计今年将在美国完成20亿美元的交易，目标是将好莱坞的技术和影响力引入中国。他还表示对所谓的好莱坞“六大”电影公司感兴趣。

路透社在6月份首先曝出，美国杂志《公告牌》(Billboard)和《好莱坞报道》(The Hollywood Reporter)以及迪克·克拉克制片公司的母公司埃尔德里奇工业公司(Eldridge Industries)已经聘请投资银行对其媒体资产进行评估。（财富中文网）

翻译：Charlie

审校：夏林

China’s Dalian Wanda has agreed a $1 billion takeover of Dick Clark Productions, the company that runs the Golden Globe awards and Miss America pageants, extending the Chinese property-to-entertainment conglomerate’s expansion into Hollywood.

Wanda, run by China’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, said in a statement on Friday it would buy all of Dick Clark Productions, an iconic name in U.S. entertainment that also produces the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards.

Dick Clark’s owner, media investment holding company Eldridge Industries, had said it was in talks with Wanda in September. Founded by iconic TV presenter Dick Clark, host of the “American Bandstand” pop music TV show from 1957 to 1987, the eponymous firm went public in 1986 before being taken private 16 years later.

Wanda‘s deal is its latest move in a cruise into Hollywood. It already owns Legendary Entertainment, co-producer of film hits such as “Jurassic World”, and U.S. cinema chain AMC Entertainment Holdings.

The firm also said in September it would market Sony Pictures’ films, and co-finance upcoming releases of Sony Corp’s film unit in China.

Wanda said in its statement that the deal marked its “first step” into television content to sit alongside its investments in theme parks, film production and sport. It added it would keep Dick Clark’s current management team after the deal.

In August, Wang told Reuters he expected to seal two billion-dollar deals in the U.S. this year. He aims to bring Hollywood technology and muscle to China, and has expressed interest in the so-called “big six” Hollywood studios.

Reuters first reported in June that Eldridge Industries, the U.S. owner of magazines Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter as well as Dick Clark Productions, had hired investment banks to carry out a review of its media holdings.