News brands
Tribune backs Alden news bid
Tribune Publishing has backed the Alden Capital bid in preference to a higher offer from Stewart Bainium who…
Aussie deal ‘saves’ papers…
This was the week when Facebook struck a three-year deal with News Corp, in Australia, having agreed something…
South China Morning Post for sale
Alibaba, the media, e-commerce and fintech company owned by Jack Ma and based in China, is under regulatory…
New bidder for Tribune papers
The potential acquisition of Tribune Publishing by Alden Capital may not proceed, despite being authorised by shareholders. Stewart…
Kompany 39 buys Morning Blitz
Kompany 39, US based sports media company, has acquired the daily sports newsletter Morning Blitz and immediately rebranded…
BuzzFeed to go public
Digital publisher BuzzFeed this week made redundant 47 staff of HuffPost (which it acquired in February) and also…
Indy may buy ‘local’ news brands
The Independent, founded in 1986 as a UK daily newspaper but now digital-only, and owned by Evgeny Lebedev…
The Hustle sells “for $27m”
HubSpot, the listed marketing company based in Boston, US, is to buy The Hustle, a niche content and…
New European to be…new?
The New European, a Europhile weekly launched after the UK’s seismic Brexit referendum in 2016, has been bought…
Reid buys Gannett papers
Reid Newspapers, a family-owned Oklahoma-based news publisher, has acquired three additional Oklahoma titles from Gannett to add to…