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Black Ballad raises £335k
The UK-based Black Ballad website, a lifestyle start-up for black women, has raised £335k from crowdfunding and venture…
MOBA buys ResetEra gamers
Swedish media company MOBA Network has bought the gaming forums run by ResetEra for $4.6m in cash. The…
Why The Athletic is burning
The Athletic burned through $95m during 2019 and 2020, reflecting the cost of building a 600-person reporting staff…
What’s AgriBriefing’s big deal?
The London-based AgriBriefing is gearing up for M&A after selling-off its original UK business. This is what we…
The Economist shows how
Business leaders often get prickly when their strategies are pulled apart by mere journalists. It's more irritating still…
How Meredith lost it
InterActive Corp (IAC) via its Dotdash subsidiary, has confirmed its agreement to buy Meredith, the largest magazine group…
Readly buys Toutabo for €8m
Digital magazine platform Readly is buying the French subscription media company Toutabo which operates the ePresse platform. France…
Indy Dive buys Ladders News
B2B newsletter specialist Industry Dive, of the US, has acquired Ladders News, a daily with over 2m subscribers,…
“UK trade show recovery”
Phillip Soar, chair of two UK-based trade show companies – CloserStill and Nineteen Events – wrote in Flashes…
Chicago radio may buy daily
The owner of Chicago radio station WBEZ, Chicago Public Media, is hoping to buy the Chicago newspaper the…