Will Murdoch buy GB News TV?
The Murdoch family's News Corp today announced the launch of a new UK channel, TalkTV, early in 2022.…
Reddit doubles down on ads
The Information says that the rally that sent US shares of companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment soaring…
Bank buys Zagat
America’s largest bank JPMorgan Chase is acquiring The Infatuation, owner of the restaurant review guide Zagat, as it looks…
New Statesman ‘goes global’
The UK’s venerable left-wing political weekly, The New Statesman, seems to have been inspired both by the recent…
ITV buys into savings site
The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired what is believed to be a 20% shareholding in online…
What next for Martin Sorrell?
Last year was painful for advertising. Of course. The major international groups shrank, issued profit warnings and tried…
BuzzFeed profits from ads boom
BuzzFeed broke through into profit with EBITDA of $5.5m in the second quarter of 2021, compared with a…
Where is ‘secret’ Red Ventures going?
Ricardo (Ric) Elias is one of the world's most fascinating business leaders but you may not know his…
‘Vice loses SPAC – and founder’
The Information has reported that Vice Media is raising over $85m in fresh capital from existing investors, as…
Roar buys UK waste events
Roar B2B, the UK trade show group (owned by Apiary private equity and led by former Reed, UBM…