The British Reuters reported on August 6, Japan's SONY CEO Hirai (Kazuo Hirai) 6, refused to investors in hedge fund Third Point Daniel Loeb (Daniel Loeb) break up the company's entertainment business proposal.
Loeb has said, in the hope that SONY on the open market to sell up to one 5 of the entertainment business, including film, TV, music, and electronic industry in recovery. SONY against the proposal, which makes Loeb three months of effort.
Hirai wrote in the letter to Mr. Loeb: "SONY's board of directors agreed that owns a 100% stake in the entertainment business is the best way, is also an essential strategy." But the Third Point has not responded.
Loeb has a 7% stake in SONY, he thinks that SONY's entertainment business management. About a week before, he said that the two large budget SONY summer movie "to return to the earth" and "the fall of the White House" at the box office is not ideal, also think hirai earlier this month said about don't worry about the entertainment business is in the movie business executives "exemption pass".
SONY for a long time, as the pillar of the Japanese companies and the pioneers of the electronics industry, currently faces declining market share and innovation advantage, because a lot of foreign rivals, samsung electronics, the United States, the company has introduced a sensational new products.
