News brands
Texas locals deal
121 Media, LLC has acquired 14 weekly newspaper brands (with a total audience of 750k – about one-third…
Why NY Times is buying The Athletic
The New York Times has agreed to buy San Francisco-based, sports news brand The Athletic. The world’s most…
New global news service
Two experienced media professionals are launching a new media outlet aimed at English-speaking graduates who value independent news…
CherryRoad buys Colorado daily
CherryRoad Media, of New Jersey, is buying Colorado title Trinidad Chronicle News, a local weekday daily founded in…
BuzzFeed, LadBible IPOs
BuzzFeed, the US- based digital news and entertainment company, is expected to make its stock market debut in…
Sifted startup news raises £4m
Startup news website Sifted, which has been backed by the Financial Times as an early stakeholder, has raised…
Alden bids for Lee papers
In the consolidating US market for local news, Alden Global Capital is now seeking to add Lee Enterprises…
How The Economist missed out
FiscalNote, the Washington DC-based legal data and analytics company, is to float via a SPAC deal with Duddell…
Houston Press sold
Voice Media Group, a publisher of five newspaper titles in southern US cities, has sold the Houston Press,…
Daily Mail goes private
The listed Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), the owner of the UK’s Daily Mail and other news…