Ian Findlay
299 posts
SAI Global acquires Strategic BCP
B2B information. SAI Global, the provider of “integrated risk management solutions” which was founded 96 years ago to write…
23 August 2018
Condé Nast to sell 3 mags. But what’s next?
Magazines. After losing $120m in 2017, the not-so-glossy Condé Nast is putting three of its loss-making magazines up…
9 August 2018
Uproxx bought by Warner Music
B2C digital. Warner Music Group has acquired the pop-culture media website Uproxx. The deal was rumoured to be valued…
9 August 2018
BMG Music acquires Deep East
Music. BMG Production Music has acquired independent UK company Deep East Music and historic French production music label Tele…
9 August 2018
$120m hostile bid for Music Choice
Music. Stingray Digital Group, the Montreal-based provider of digital music services for TV, mobile, gaming, retail, etc has made…
9 August 2018
AMC buys RLJ Entertainment for $65m
Broadcast-streaming. The $3bn-revenue AMC Networks, of New Yorks, has agreed to purchase Robert L. Johnson’s over-the-top video company, under which it…
9 August 2018
Nexstar buying two stations for $19.5m
Broadcast-streaming. Nexstar Broadcasting has definitive deals to acquire, for $19.45m KRBK-TV, a Fox affiliate serving Springfield, Montana, and WHDF-TV,…
9 August 2018
Nine TV in $4bn Fairfax deal but…
Broadcast-streaming. Australia’s Nine Entertainment (the pioneering TV business which made Kerry Packer and vice versa) has announced a takeover…
2 August 2018
Disney and Fox agree $71.3bn deal
Broadcast-streaming. Following Comcast’s withdrawal, both sets of shareholders approved Disney’s $71.3bn offer for Fox’s asset sale. Now, Comcast is…
2 August 2018
Penske invests in BuzzAngle music analytics
Magazines. Penske Media Corporation has made an undisclosed strategic investment in BuzzAngle Music. Founded in 2013, and launched in 2016…
2 August 2018