Lifestyle
Anthem buys US lifestyle channels
Anthem Sports and Entertainment Corp (ASE), of Canada, has bought a majority stake in HDNet, owner of the…
BoomTV buys AVGL e-sports
E-sports platform BoomTV has acquired the American Video Game League (AVGL) a producer of college level e-sports tournaments…
J2 buys BabyCenter
US company J2 Global Inc’s Everyday Health Group has acquired BabyCenter from Johnson and Johnson. BabyCenter, founded in…
Baltic buys car classifieds
Baltic Classifieds Group, a Lithuania-based online classified advertising operator, has agreed the purchase of automotive classified website auto24…
Her Campus buys College Fashionista
Her Campus Media (HCM), of the US, has acquired College Fashionista, the online forum for young beauty and…
Tumblr goes (very) cheap
B2C. US-based Automattic Inc (owner of WordPress) is buying Tumblr from Verizon for a nominal price. The blogging and…
Singapore’s Carro expands
B2C. Singapore’s used car marketplace company, Carro, has acquired Jualo.com of Indonesia. Whilst Carro operates as a car…
Could Vice and Refinery29 make it work?
B2C. Vice Media, the owner of media brands including Vice, Noisey, Motherboard and i-D, is in talks to acquire…
Etsy buys music gear site
B2C. Etsy, Inc., the US-based global marketplace “for unique and creative goods including hand-made pieces and vintage treasures”, has…
eBay steps up for auto fight in UK
eBay has agreed to buy the website Motors.co.uk from Cox Automotive for £71.7m – some 3x revenue for the web…