Slate-financed minor studios ended in bankruptcy or foreign acquisition.

Evidence

Relativity ended in corruption, two instances of bankruptcy, and a new group of investors failing to resuscitate it, while Legendary was acquired by Chinese media giant Wanda—two more examples of the destructive and consolidating impact of Wall Street finance in Hollywood. — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 297

Categorization

• XREF: Both outcomes (bankruptcy, foreign consolidation) are downstream fingerprints of the financial structure — the causal residue the reader wants to detect.