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Barry Diller Drops Bid to Acquire MGM Resorts: ‘We Didn’t Feel the Mix Was Coming Together’

Variety · September 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM

Barry Diller Drops Bid to Acquire MGM Resorts: ‘We Didn’t Feel the Mix Was Coming Together’

People Inc., the media company controlled by Barry Diller, is scrapping its proposed bid to acquire MGM Resorts International.

People Inc. (which changed its name from IAC this spring) owns about 27% of MGM Resorts.

In June, the company submitted formal offer for the hotel and resorts operator to acquire all outstanding shares of MGM […]

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Barry Diller Drops Bid to Acquire MGM Resorts: ‘We Didn’t Feel the Mix Was Coming Together’

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