Infopro Digital for sale – or IPO?
TowerBrook Capital Partners is preparing to sell its 74% stake in Infopro Digital (IPD), the France-based company which…
Can inflight magazines survive?
Sixty years ago, Pan Am (remember them?) published the world's first inflight magazine. Although the legendary airline itself…
‘Why the press could fail’
Jessica Lessin (who reported on Silicon Valley for the Wall Street Journal for eight years before founding The…
‘Meredith-IAC lifestyle leader’
A deal between IAC, the internet holding company led by Barry Diller, and US magazine leader Meredith Corp…
Meredith mags ‘to be sold’
Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp (IAC) is in advanced talks to acquire America’s largest magazine publisher Meredith Corp, owner of…
What Politico means to all media
Axel Springer announced last month that it would be paying "close to $1bn" (believed to be 5 x…
Trade shows splutter into life
The recovery of the trade show market continues. But diverse factors including restrictions on travel, transport and public…
Immediate faces the teen test
Immediate Media next month celebrates its 10th anniversary. On October 31, 2011, Exponent private equity acquired BBC magazines…
30 big years of The Big Issue
Inspired by Street News (a New York newspaper sold by homeless people for some 20 years from 1989),…
Tarsus keeps spending
Tarsus, the UK-based, private equity-owned trade show group, has acquired a majority share in the world’s leading printed circuit board event, the International Electronics Circuit…