Aussie Punters to acquire Racenet
News. Punters Paradise Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, has agreed to acquire Racing Internet Services Pty…
Skift acquires Airline Weekly and…
B2B information. Skift Inc, the five-year-old global travel industry platform, has acquired Airline Weekly, of Florida, for a modest…
ITE buys ‘half price’ mining event from Euromoney
Exhibitions. ITE is buying the world-leading Mining Indaba conference and exhibition for £30.1m – half the price Euromoney paid…
ITV, Liberty walk away from Endemol Shine
Broadcast-streaming. The UK broadcaster ITV joins Liberty Global in withdrawing from the Endemol Shine sale process, leaving Banijay, the…
91mobiles acquires Pricebaba
B2C digital. 91mobiles, India’s leading gadget research website, has acquired a majority stake in Pricebaba, a consumer electronics…
Cox Auto acquires F&I Express
B2B information. Cox Automotive Inc, of Florida, whose brands include Autotrader, Clutch Technologies, Dealertrack, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim, NextGear Capital, VinSolutions,…
Meteo weather forecaster sold to TBG
B2B information. Swiss private equity company TBG AG is buying MeteoGroup, the UK-based weather forecasting group which supplies data…
Liberty bids $3.5bn for Pandora streaming
Broadcast-streaming. The Liberty Media-owned US satellite radio giant SiriusXM has offered to acquire Pandora in a share deal. It plans…
Comcast wins battle for Sky – finally
Broadcast-streaming. Following Comcast winning the Sky TV auction at the weekend with their full-out £30bn bid, 21st Century Fox…
Fresh bets on $75bn Toutiao news app
News. Softbank, KKR and Primavera Capital are variously in talks to invest a total of $1.5bn in Beijing Bytedance…