Blackstone said to buy Japanese e-comics provider Infocom

2024-05-31 08:34:32

Asia Tech Wire (May 31) -- U.S. investment management company Blackstone Inc. will buy Japanese e-comics provider Infocom Corp., according to Bloomberg.

Citing people familiar with the matter, a Bloomberg report said Blackstone has agreed to buy the operator of the popular manga app Mecha Comic.

The deal could value Infocom at around 260 billion yen ($1.66 billion).

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