Meckler, Media and Mayhem
Alan Meckler is the US-born publisher who has a reasonable claim to be “the internet’s first entrepreneur”. He…
Ed publisher to go private
Nasdaq-listed educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company – which serves more than 50m students and 4m educators in…
LinkedIn tries out podcasts
LinkedIn is trialling a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as…
Ex Gannett TV stations sold
US local TV station owner Tegna is selling to private equity firms Standard General and Apollo Global for a…
BBC News expands in US
The BBC is to create more than 20 new editorial positions in the US and Canada, which would…
Aussie into gaming ads
Sydney-based The Brag Media (publisher of Rolling Stone in Australia) is acquiring the digital activations company Epic Digital…
Brunswick News sold
Postmedia Network Canada announced it has agreed with J. D. Irving, Limited to acquire Brunswick News Inc. The…
IDG goes Foundry in data war
Blackstone - the private equity firm which last year paid $1.3bn (12 x EBITDA, 1.3 x revenue) for…
How I do it: Christian Baesler, Buzzfeed
Christian Baesler is the Chief Operating Officer of BuzzFeed Inc, having - for the past four years -…
Vimeo in a slump
The Information is tipping Vimeo as being a possible acquisition target. Barry Diller’s listed IAC group has a…