News brands
Politico adds some energy
Politico, the 14-year-old US political brand, is branching out with the acquisition this week of the B2B subscription…
UK Correspondent to close
Dutch reader-funded news outlet De Correspondent last week announced that its English-language site The Correspondent, which raised $2.6m ahead of launch,…
Polska Press sold for $33m
Poland’s state-controlled oil company PKN Orlen is to buy Polska Press from Verlagsgruppe Passau, of Germany for a…
Reach completes in Eire
Reach plc, the listed UK news publisher, has received regulatory approval to add the remaining 50% of Independent…
BuzzFeed marries HuffPost
The US news and entertainment company BuzzFeed is to acquire HuffPost (formerly known as Huffington Post) from telco…
Axel Springer to buy Morning Brew
Morning Brew, the business newsletter founded in 2015 by US college friends Austin Rief and Alex Lieberman, is…
Quartz for sale – again
The diverging fortunes of digital news startups Quartz and Axios offer some insights into monetization strategies for publishers. While Axios claims it will increase…
Mediahuis buys NDC
Mediahuis NV, the seven-year-old, privately-owned Benelux media group which also publishes the Irish Independent, is acquiring Dutch media…
NewsGuard to be sold
NewsGuard, the US-based online service that rates and ranks news websites for credibility and transparency, is believed to…
JPI for sale – again
The regional news publisher JPI Media, of the UK, (formerly known as Johnston Press) is set to resume…