UK actor database sold
Talent Systems, the LA-based owner of Casting Networks, has acquired the 94-year-old UK castings platform Spotlight from its…
PressReader into education
PressReader, the Canada-based ‘all-you-can-eat’ digital newsstand, is diversifying into the eLearning market, with the 2018 launch of TextbookHub and…
It was 50 years ago…
Fifty years ago, a young Greek journalist launched an international magazine in the UK. Themis Vokos had wanted…
Legal researchers merge
US-based legal research companies Fastcase and Casemaker are to merge with the new parent company to be known…
The Top 20 of 2020
Someone had to win. It was the best year so far for Flashes & Flames. We increased readership…
Montgomery wins at last
David Montgomery, the veteran UK newspaper executive, who has been bidding for regional news groups, has finally landed…
Boats Group ‘sold for $850m’
Boats Group, the US-based $75m-revenue classified marketplace, has been majority sold by Apax Partners to Permira in a…
Can ‘Village Voice’ be revived?
New York’s 65-year-old iconic Village Voice is being revived. Sort of. It has been acquired by Street Media,…
10 predictions for 2021
The pandemic accelerated change in media as in much else. It squeezed the digital news operators which might…
Politico adds some energy
Politico, the 14-year-old US political brand, is branching out with the acquisition this week of the B2B subscription…