Diller thriller?
One possible Hollywood ending for its American entertainment assets
ANOTHER week, another investigation into the past accounting practices of Vivendi Universal, the unravelling French media conglomerate. This time, it was the turn of the US attorney's office for the southern district of New York, which opened a “preliminary criminal investigation”. It is co-ordinating its inquiry with the Securities and Exchange Commission's own “informal inquiry”. And this comes just a week after the Paris public prosecutor's office began its own probe into accounting irregularities under Jean-Marie Messier, the group's ousted boss.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Diller thriller?”
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