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Robert Kirby and Graham Burke have led Village Roadshow for decades.

Village Roadshow screened rival offer before Pacific Equity Partners deal

The wealthy Kirby family and outgoing Village Roadshow CEO Graham Burke fielded an offer from BGH Capital before agreeing to sell their stake in the company to PEP.

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Village Roadshow could be heading private.

Village Roadshow mulls blockbuster $1b private equity takeover offer

Private equity firm Pacific Equity Partners' $1b takeover bid for Village Roadshow has landed just weeks ahead of the exit of its longstanding CEO Graham Burke.

  • Jennifer Duke and Kylar Loussikian
Village Roadshow chief executive Graham Burke.

'Rotten couple of years': Village Roadshow CEO says turnaround has begun

Village Roadshow chief executive Graham Burke says the internal feuding that has hurt the cinema and theme parks company is now over.

  • Jennifer Duke
Peter Tonagh is a former chief executive of Foxtel.

Ex-Foxtel boss Peter Tonagh joins Village Roadshow

Former Foxtel chief executive Peter Tonagh has joined Village Roadshow as a non-executive director following a dramatic shakeup of the board amid a family dispute.

  • Jennifer Duke
Village Roadshow has several tie-ups with Warner Brothers, including a theme park on the Gold Coast.

Village Roadshow 'stopped at the drive-in', says former Hollywood exec

A former high-flying Warner Brothers executive who dealt with the ailing local entertainment company says new management is needed.

  • Kylar Loussikian
Village Roadshow is split at the highest levels.

A cinematic feud: Are the curtains closing on Village Roadshow?

The angry emails began on June 20 when John Kirby fired off a lengthy missive to the Village Roadshow board. The subject line was “The Diagnosis”.

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A feud between the two Kirby brothers who control Village Roadshow has developed over the future of the company.

Village could turn to American hotel executive to resolve feud

Sources within the besieged film and theme park operator say new governance boss could resolve explosive family fight tearing apart company.

  • Kylar Loussikian
Village Roadshow's future has triggered a bitter family feud.

Family behind Village Roadshow in feud over company's future

Village Roadshow could be forced to offload its struggling movie production business, behind Zoolander and Ocean's 8, with members of the wealthy Kirby family that controls the sprawling entertainment business feuding over the best way to restore its lacklustre performance.

  • Kylar Loussikian
Illustration: John Shakespeare

SCEGGS speech night rumblings over board pair

There’s nothing quite like Sydney private school discontent to round off the year.

  • Kylar Loussikian & Samantha Hutchinson

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