{
  "id": 9783931,
  "title": "Shares In Barry Diller’s People Inc. Surge On Report Of Role-Reversal Acquisition Bid From MGM Resorts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/shares-in-barry-dillers-people-inc-surge-on-report-of-role-reversal",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-25T15:27:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/barry-diller-people-inc-merger-mgm-resorts-1237113781/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Shares in Barry Diller’s People Inc. surged 9% in early trading Friday after a report of an unusual role-reversal acquisition bid from MGM Resorts. Earlier this week, People said it was dropping its $18 billion plan to acquire full control of MGM Resorts, in which it already holds a 27% stake. The overture was made […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}