former type subsidiary of endemolshine group industry entertainment fate bankruptcy founded february 7 2005 united states defunct may 30 2016 headquarters 650 madison avenue new york city key people marc graboff founder peter hurwitz president kim williams cfo products entertainment content intellectual property services american idol idol series owner 21st century fox 50 % apollo global management 50 % number of employees 115 subsidiaries 19 entertainment and sharp entertainment website www.coremediagroup.com core media group formerly ckx inc. was an american company founded on february 7 2005 that owned and developed entertainment content and intellectual property . contents 1 background 2 history 3 recent events 4 assets and holdings 5 references 6 external links background edit the c and k in ckx stood for content is king representing the focus of the company s business strategy to acquire established content and then to improve enhance and develop the marketing of such content . the x takes the initial of founder robert f.x. sillerman . this is a trademark of many sillerman companies such as sfx entertainment and fxm asset management history edit before its founding in 2005 and during a period from 1986 to august 2002 the company operated a franchise of golf equipment formerly known as sports entertainment enterprises . in august 2002 the company sold all of its former assets . from september 2002 to february 2005 the company s main priority was to pursue a transaction with a business enterprise . as a result it began building a stake in the image rights of boxer muhammad ali . in 2005 it bought british company 19 entertainment from simon fuller who subsequently joined the company s board . with the purchase the company acquired a majority share of the rights to the idol series including american idol and so you think you can dance as well as pop idol in great britain and numerous other international versions . later that year it bought an entertainment agency with artists on its roster such as robin williams billy crystal and woody allen . in 2005 the company bought 85 % of the rights to the name image and likeness of elvis presley and the operations of graceland from the trust of lisa marie presley . in 2007 fuller and sillerman launched a takeover bid for ckx valuing it at 1.3 bn or 13.75 per share but their attempt failed due to its timing coinciding with the start of the global credit crunch . 1 recent events edit in february 2010 sillerman resigned from ckx . still holding 21 % of the shares he began working with one equity partners on a 550m 560m takeover bid . in may fuller teamed up with former barclays capital executive roger jenkins creating a 1bn fund . they propose as their first purchase ckx at a bid level of 600m . on the current share price ckx is valued at 395m with 101m of debt and 55m of cash at the end of first quarter 2010 . 1 apollo management bought the company on june 21 2011 . 2 ckx was renamed core media group in may 2012 . 3 on november 19 2013 it was announced that core media group had sold its stake in elvis presley enterprises and muhammad ali enterprises . on may 15 2014 apollo and 21st century fox announced a joint venture to combine 21st century fox s shine group and apollo s endemol and core media group . 4 on may 30 2016 less than a month after the final episode of american idol aired core media group filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . assets and holdings edit core s assets and holdings at present included 19 entertainment acquired from simon fuller in 2005 for 200 million . 19 owns among other things a share of the rights to the idol series including pop idol in great britain american idol in the united states and numerous other international versions and so you think you can dance in the united states . sharp entertainment acquired 2012 5 references edit a b andrew edgecliffe johnson 2010 05 28 . american idol creator planning bid for ckx . financial times . retrieved 2010 05 28 . ckx inc. affiliate of apollo global management completes acquisition of ckx inc. ir.ckx.com retrieved on april 19 2012 ckx rebrands itself as core media adds to management team under marc graboff 21st century fox & apollo in joint venture talks for shine endemol and core media nancy tartaglione international editor deadline.com retrieved on may 18 2014 core media acquires sharp reality shop external links edit official website v t e 21st century fox corporate directors rupert murdoch executive co chairman lachlan murdoch executive co chairman james murdoch ceo chase carey v t e fox entertainment group 20th century fox 20th century fox animation 20th century fox home entertainment fox star studios blue sky studios fox searchlight pictures fox studios australia fox music fox television group 20th century fox television 20th television fox 21 television studios fox television animation fox broadcasting company endemol shine groupjv endemol usa authentic entertainment true entertainment 51 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