Sony steps up quest for content with 'Peter Rabbit' purchase

Silvergate Media acquisition brings entertainment M&A to over $3.5bn

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Silvergate Media developed the "Peter Rabbit" TV series. (Photo courtesy of Sony)

YOICHIRO HIROI, YUKINORI HANADA and HIROMI SATO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO/PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Sony is accelerating its transformation from a consumer electronics maker into a media enterprise with its latest acquisition of the company behind the animated "Peter Rabbit" series.

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