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Axel Springer cleared to acquire Telegraph
Axel Springer, the $3bn Berlin-based, transatlantic family-owned news group, has been cleared to complete its acquisition of the UK’s Telegraph Media Group (TMG) scarcely a month after…
Will USA Today sell Newsquest?
USA Today Inc, the largest newspaper publisher in the US (by total daily circulation), may be considering the sale of its UK subsidiary, Newsquest. The parent company (formerly known as…
‘New’ opportunities in print mags
This is the best time in decades to take advantage of a revived interest in printed magazines. How you make the most of the print opportunity will depend on the markets you work in. As part of…
Who will pay $1.7bn for CloserStill trade shows?
Yesterday (2 April) was the deadline for bids for the trade show group CloserStill Media (CSM). The 18-year-old company is expected to achieve an enterprise value of up to £1.3bn/ $1.7bn…
DealMakers: Keeping up the deal flow
After a record breaking 2025 and a frenetic couple of months at the beginning of 2026, M&A activity has slowed a little with with just four transactions announced in March. We also look at…
Broadsheet takes London
Just six months after its September 2025 launch in London, the Australia-based Broadsheet claims some 100,000 monthly uniques and about 30% monthly growth on the way to an audience which…
The challenge of print mag revival
Individual titles with their own unique audiences will face their own obstacles, but here is a look at some of the common hurdles we see for publishers looking to take advantage of the print…
Delinian: the disposal machine that keeps paying out
Here is a story about private equity doing something it rarely does neatly: exactly what it said it would. When Epiris paid some £500-600mn, in late 2022 ,for the non-Fastmarkets ‘half’ of the…
What now for UK’s Daily Mail?
The Daily Mail Group (DMGT) lost the Telegraph Media Group because the UK’s legacy regulation of press ownership plurality could not allow its agreed £500mn bid (once thought to be the highest…
Monetising B2B 2026: selling fast
There are fewer than 10% tickets left for our Monetising B2B Information & Events 2026, in London on 13 May. Here’s the complete program. In addition, there will be MediaVoices…
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