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Informa’s 6 steps to transformation (so far)
Informa Plc has made a recommended £1.2bn cash offer (568p per share) for Ascential Plc, the UK-based organiser…
Her Campus sold for…
Her Campus Media (HCM), the 15-year-old, Boston, US-based network for college women, has sold what is believed to…
How Informa is quietly betting on boats
There's nothing like the corporate PR process for putting an acquisition into perspective. The 41-year-old Boat International magazine…
Telegraph auction on the rocks
First round bids in the auction for the UK's Telegraph Media Group (TMG) are due today (Friday 19,…
What next for Red Ventures?
In September, the US-based Red Ventures (RV) celebrates its 25th anniversary. For Ricardo (Ric) Elias, the CEO-founder of…
How Tortoise is getting up to speed
Tortoise Media, the five-year-old, UK-based slow news startup founded by ex-BBC News boss James Harding, former US diplomat…
Will Fastmarkets get its dream PRA deal?
AI is accelerating the commoditisation of so much news and information and nobody needs reminding of the soaring…
After Mail exit, who will get the Telegraph?
In a move which underlines the bizarre nature of the outgoing UK government's rushed legislation to restrict foreign…
Floundering CNN ‘goes digital’
Same as the old boss? In a memo to staff on Wednesday, CNN chairman Mark Thompson announced a…
How I do it: Simon Barr, Fieldsports Press
Simon Barr is CEO and co-founder of Fieldsports Press, the UK publisher which launched exactly six years ago…