KKR (KKR) is in advanced discussions to buy Simon & Schuster for roughly $1.65B, capping a yearslong effort by Paramount Global (PARA) to sell the publisher, the Wall Street Journal’s Jessica Toonkel, Laura Cooper, and Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg report, citing people familiar with the situation.
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