Magazines
Meredith chases People deals
Meredith Corp, which became America’s largest magazine publisher with its $3.2bn acquisition of the legendary Time Inc in…
The Spectator launches in US
Magazines. The Spectator, the 191-year-old politics-culture-news weekly, whose former editors-in-chief included the current UK Prime Minister, is launching…
Dennis buys Car Throttle social media
Dennis Publishing, of the UK, whose auto portfolio includes Auto Express, Evo, and Car Buyer, has acquired social…
Can newspapers and magazines save each other?
Sixteen years after Apple’s iTunes store first enabled users to buy the song they wanted and not the…
Penske buys online Art service
Magazines. Penske Media Corp (PMC), of New York, publisher of ARTnews, is acquiring the 11-year-old online service Art Market Monitor,…
Is Bustle the digital future of magazine media?
Bustle Digital Group (BDG), of the US, has acquired Nylon. The 20-year-old fashion, beauty, music and culture magazine…
Can Time Out make it?
Exactly three years ago, Time Out magazine promoted its £145m IPO by telling would-be investors that the UK’s…
Meredith completes mags sell-off. Just
Meredith Corp, of the US, has sold the intellectual property of Sports Illustrated to Authentic Brands for $110m,…
BandLab buys NME in £8.5m deal
Singapore-based music-making platform BandLab Technologies, which last year acquired Guitar and MusicTech magazines, is increasing its investment in…
What next for David Pecker?
American Media Inc (AMI) has sold the 93-year-old sensationalist US tabloid the National Enquirer, along with the National…