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arms dealer

noun

Definitions

  1. A person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also…

    A person involved in the distribution and sale of weapons, especially when it also involves smuggling.

  2. A media company that licenses its works to various other companies rather than…

    A media company that licenses its works to various other companies rather than distributing them on its own.

    • Hence, Viacom’s so-called “arms dealer” strategy, which paid off when it sold domestic rights to Comedy Central’s South Park to WarnerMedia’s HBO Max on Oct. 29 in a deal worth up to $500 million.
    • Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures motion picture group chairman, has said many times, both on the record and in the private confines of Louis B. Mayer’s old office on the Sony lot, that he is an arms dealer in the arms race.

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