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Josh Kosman
Background
Josh Kosman has been a New York Post business reporter for 13 years. In addition to mergers and acquisitions, Josh has regularly broken news on major stories including Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and upheaval at the Subway fast-food franchise. He wrote the 2009 expose "The Buyout of America" for Penguin Publishing. When he was in college, Kosman gave sports updates on Dr. Dre's hip-hop radio show, where he met rappers including Flavor Flav.
Latest Articles
How Kamala Harris' cozy ties with Big Tech could enable Google to wiggle out of an antitrust breakup
August 19, 2024 | 6:00amKamala Harris’s reliance on Big Tech-friendly campaign advisers has sparked worries that Google will avoid a meaningful breakup of its search empire if she is elected president, The Post has learned.
Subway to launch value meals, including $6.99 footlong, this month after snack promotion bust: sources
August 15, 2024 | 7:00pmSubway revealed it will tweak its marketing strategy as it grapples with a recent downturn in sales -- switching from promoting snacks to offering value meals, according to sources who...
Fast food giant calls 'emergency' meeting with franchisees as sales plummet: sources
August 14, 2024 | 6:28pm“They are doing crazy coupons," the franchisee griped. “Our gross sales are not even at 2012 levels, and profit then was five times what it is today."
SEC probe of B. Riley widens as struggling firm's stock drops more than 50% on profit warning
August 12, 2024 | 3:54pmThe feds have widened a probe of financial irregularities at B. Riley, sources told The Post -- even as the struggling Wall Street firm suspended its dividend and warned on...
Shari Redstone's outcast niece to make $140M from Paramount sale -- a final gift from grandpa Sumner: sources
August 10, 2024 | 6:15amA powerful media family torn apart by jealousy and rivalry. A granddaughter rushing to the aging patriarch’s side as he very publicly withers away. Lies, betrayal and lawsuits. These aren’t...
LeBron James could end up a Celtics owner as Fenway Sports considers purchase: sources
August 8, 2024 | 3:57pmThere is a chance the Celtics and Red Sox may soon have the same owner.
Sphere will spend $80M to bring classic film to high-tech Vegas arena: sources
August 5, 2024 | 4:05pmThe state-of-the-art concert venue, with its unparalleled visuals and haptic seating, is nearing a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to adapt the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz" for a...
Tampa Bay Rays' fire sale of top players sparked after busted deal to sell team: source
July 31, 2024 | 12:03pmA lead investor who was going to scoop up a 35% stake in the team dropped out and plans for a deep-pocketed buyer worth about $10 billion to step in...
Billionaire Bill Ackman delays IPO for Pershing Square USA
July 26, 2024 | 5:00pmA source close to the situation told The Post that IPO could go live at the end of next week.
Beyoncé, Sphere end residency talks -- but singer could land at this Sin City venue: sources
July 11, 2024 | 6:50pmThe sticking point turned out to be Beyonce's demand for the Sphere to go dark for two weeks so that she can rehearse, sources close to the situation said.
Key Paramount investor says he 'may not sell stock' in proposed Skydance merger: 'We are on hold'
July 5, 2024 | 1:24pmEarlier this week, heiress Shari Redstone surprised media insiders with her announcement that she was accepting a merger proposal from Skydance.
The Golden State Warriors are slipping in value -- and here's why
July 4, 2024 | 8:30amThe value of the Golden State Warriors is sinking faster than a Steph Curry jump shot. An attempt to sell a minority stake in the team, the NBA's most successful...
Shari Redstone reaches preliminary deal to sell controlling stake in Paramount to Skydance Media for $1.75B
July 2, 2024 | 8:41pmThe media heiress reached a preliminary agreement to sell her controlling stake in Paramount Global to Skydance Media – just weeks after she walked away from a deal between the two...
Paramount mulls $1.7B offer to sell BET to its CEO and NYC private equity firm: report
July 2, 2024 | 5:26pmScott Mills is teaming up with Chinh Chu, the head of CC Capital, in a bid for BET, according to Bloomberg News.
Here's what the Koch family's 15% stake in Nets values for: source
June 21, 2024 | 6:46pmThe Koch family’s deal for a 15% stake in Brooklyn Nets parent BSE Global values the struggling NBA franchise at $3.8 billion – and puts the valuation for the parent...
NY Giants 'helmet catch' hero blows nearly $500K after failed juice store venture
June 19, 2024 | 9:50amHe should have passed on this deal. New York Giants Super Bowl hero David Tyree says he plowed nearly $500,000 in a botched investment in a healthy juice franchise --...
Wall Street bankers, lawyers losing out on hundreds of millions in fees after Paramount's scrapped merger: sources
June 14, 2024 | 3:17pmWall Street bankers and white-shoe law firms are losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in fees after Shari Redstone this week made a last-minute decision to scrap plans...
Legal threat was 'major factor' in collapse of Paramount's $8B deal with Skydance
June 13, 2024 | 2:03pmA legal threat from investor Mario Gabelli was a "major factor" in this week's implosion of Shari Redstone's deal to merge Paramount Global with Skydance Media.
Behind the Nets ownership decision that drastically altered the NBA
June 11, 2024 | 8:37pmPagliuca — born in New York and raised in New Jersey — almost teamed up with Joe Tsai to buy the Nets from Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov in 2017.
Michael Bloomberg joins Marc Lore, A-Rod in bid to buy Timberwolves
June 6, 2024 | 3:16pmLore and Rodriguez are locked in a battle with current T-Wolves majority owner Glen Taylor over control over the team.