{"id":647358,"date":"2017-05-09T03:25:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T03:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/09\/cbc-officially-announces-failed-merger-with-al-nahar\/"},"modified":"2017-05-09T03:25:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T03:25:23","slug":"cbc-officially-announces-failed-merger-with-al-nahar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/09\/cbc-officially-announces-failed-merger-with-al-nahar\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC officially announces failed merger with Al Nahar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>M&A WATCH-<\/strong> The merger between satellite channels CBC and Al Nahar has been officially terminated due to \u201cdifferences in vision and management policies \u2026 that made achieving the goals of the merger impossible,\u201d CBC announced in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alborsanews.com\/2017\/05\/08\/1019875\">statement carried by Al Borsa<\/a>. 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