News brands
Mediahuis buys in Luxembourg
Mediahuis NV, the six-year-old Benelux media group and owner of the Irish Independent, has acquired Saint-Paul Luxembourg, publisher…
Debt for equity at McClatchy
America’s bankrupt No.2 newspaper chain McClatchy is to be acquired by Chatham Asset Management in a consortium with…
Danish news consolidation
Danish media company Jysk Fynske Medier has agreed to buy North Media Aviser A/S, which holds the newspaper…
Jewish Chronicle saved
The UK-based Jewish Chronicle (JC) has been acquired, for an estimated £2.5m, by a consortium drawn from politics,…
UK hyperlocal goes national
A former equities trader is quietly proving the potential of a low-cost hyperlocal news network in the UK.…
News Corp sells coupon unit
News Corp has agreed to sell to Charlesbank private equity its troubled News America Marketing (NAM) coupon-publishing unit,…
NY Times buys audio app
The New York Times has bought subscription app Audm, a startup that turns news journalism into audio content.…
UK news agency goes global
PA Media Group, the UK news and information company formerly known as the Press Association, has acquired the…
Finnish dailies ‘merger’
Sanoma, of Finland, is to buy most of the assets of the regional news company Alma Media in…
Buffett disrupted by media
Warren Buffett, the man sometimes described as the world’s smartest investor, is getting out of newspapers and seems…