megamerger
noun
mega·merg·er ˈme-gə-ˌmər-jər 
: a merger of megacorporations
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Penguin Random House is the result of another megamerger, between Random House and Penguin, in 2013 (at which point the Big Six became the Big Five). 
Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The listing is the largest in London for more than a decade and the biggest corporate change for GSK—until recently called GlaxoSmithKline–since it was formed through a megamerger in 2000. Denise Roland, WSJ, 18 July 2022 The period also included the May 17, 2021 announcement of the $43 billion Discovery-WarnerMedia megamerger and Amazon’s $8.45 billion deal for MGM, which was unveiled soon after that. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2022 WarnerMedia officially closed in April their $43 billion megamerger, creating the monolith entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2022 The companies themselves have changed: CBS merged with Viacom and then renamed itself Paramount Global, and WarnerMedia and Discovery completed a megamerger, forming Warner Bros. Discovery. New York Times, 16 May 2022 Discovery has only been able to get under the hood of WarnerMedia units for the past few weeks — since the Justice Department signed off on the megamerger. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022 Another big cliffhanger with huge implications for the entertainment industry: Will regulators approve the megamerger between Discovery and WarnerMedia in the first half of the year as projected? Diane Garrett, Variety, 21 Dec. 2021 Sure, independents can try to capitalize on some of the disruption that trails any megamerger. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2021 See More
Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 The listing is the largest in London for more than a decade and the biggest corporate change for GSK—until recently called GlaxoSmithKline–since it was formed through a megamerger in 2000. Denise Roland, WSJ, 18 July 2022 The period also included the May 17, 2021 announcement of the $43 billion Discovery-WarnerMedia megamerger and Amazon’s $8.45 billion deal for MGM, which was unveiled soon after that. Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2022 WarnerMedia officially closed in April their $43 billion megamerger, creating the monolith entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2022 The companies themselves have changed: CBS merged with Viacom and then renamed itself Paramount Global, and WarnerMedia and Discovery completed a megamerger, forming Warner Bros. Discovery. New York Times, 16 May 2022 Discovery has only been able to get under the hood of WarnerMedia units for the past few weeks — since the Justice Department signed off on the megamerger. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Apr. 2022 Another big cliffhanger with huge implications for the entertainment industry: Will regulators approve the megamerger between Discovery and WarnerMedia in the first half of the year as projected? Diane Garrett, Variety, 21 Dec. 2021 Sure, independents can try to capitalize on some of the disruption that trails any megamerger. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1980, in the meaning defined above