Bam! Martha buys Emeril's rights for $50M

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• Martha Stewart Living bought rights to parts of the Lagasse franchise
  
• The deal involves cookbooks, television shows and kitchen products
  
• Martha Stewart Living paid $45 million in cash and $5 million in stock
  
• The company did not acquire Lagasse's 11 restaurants and corporate office
  
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