Endemol Shine auction hots up
Broadcast-streaming. Europe’s leading independent TV production house Endemol-Shine is jointly owned by Fox and Apollo Global Management. It…
Ocean Media acquires Venues & Events Live
Events. Monomax, the privately-owned publisher of London’s Square Mile restaurant guides, has sold its Venues & Events Live…
Japan’s Uzabase buys Quartz for up to $110m
News. Media startup Uzabase is acquiring Quartz, the six-year-old New York-based digital business news platform, from David Bradley’s Atlantic…
Sorrell and WPP fight for digital biz
Advertising. The fur is flying at WPP where the world’s largest marketing services group is competing with its founder…
Incisive’s Weller flexes his muscles
B2B information. Incisive Media’s chairman and principal shareholder Tim Weller is the B2B veteran whose back story includes…
Sanoma Finland acquires majority in news agency
News. Sanoma increased its shareholding in the traditional Finnish news agency from approximately 33 to 75% by acquiring the…
EnsembleIQ acquires Lebhar-Friedman B2B
B2B information. The Chicago-based EnsembleIQ (backed by private equity firm RFE Investment) which was formed in early 2016…
Entertainment One gets 100% of Sierra Pics
Broadcast-streaming. London-listed £1bn-revenue Entertainment One (Peppa Pig and PJ Masks) has acquired the remaining stake in feature film production and…
Abry acquires Screenvision $380m
Advertising. The US-based cinema advertising company Screenvision Media has been acquired by Boston-based Abry Partners. The company’s existing owners,…
Roularta buys Sanoma Belgium mags
Magazines. The Belgium-based Roularta Media Group has now received Belgian regulatory approval and is paying €33m (in debt…