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Discovery, which owns channels like Animal Planet and Discovery Channel, said Monday it will pay $14.6 billion to acquire Scripps, adding HGTV, Travel Channel, and Food Network to its roster.
Six banks - including boutiques Guggenheim Partners, Allen & Co., and Evercore - advised on the deal.
Guggenheim and Goldman Sachs advised Discovery, and they'll split the vast majority of about $45 million in fees, according to Jeffrey Nassof, director of consulting firm Freeman & Co.
UBS will take a small slice for advising Discovery shareholders rather than the company overall.
Scripps' bankers, Allen & Co. and JPMorgan, will split the lion's share of an estimated $55 million in advisory fees, Nassof said.
Evercore will take a much smaller cut for advising the shareholders, primarily the Scripps family, which is one of the wealthiest families on earth with a fortune north of $7 billion.
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