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Activist investor Anson Funds Management has made headlines by acquiring a stake in Lionsgate Studios, urging the embattled media giant to explore a potential sale. According to a report from Bloomberg News,

The development comes at a time when Lionsgate — which went public this year via a special purpose acquisition company — is facing corporate governance issues and box-office underperformance, including the recent flop of Megalopolis.