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Night School was the first game developer Netflix purchased in 2021 as it expanded into gaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Walter, who also counts the Los Angeles Dodgers in his sprawling portfolio, had only purchased the Lakers a year earlier when they were valued at a then-record $10 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
In February, Thoma Bravo purchased human-capital management company Dayforce for $12.3 billion, marking the private-equity firm’s largest take-private deal to date.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Tickets for the event in Michigan cannot now be purchased online, with LIV's official website stating both ground passes and hospitality passes are "no longer available".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
