The end of an era: Hollywood can’t match Amazon’s billions

Jeff Bezos is in talks to pay $9 billion for a lion.

MGM, faced with mounting financial difficulties over the last few years, has been talking to possible buyers for months (Apple and Comcast valued it at around $6 billion), and has now turned to Amazon, which in turn sees an opportunity to improve its already successful output (two Oscars and several Emmys in…