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Meredith mags ‘to be sold’
Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp (IAC) is in advanced talks to acquire America’s largest magazine publisher Meredith Corp, owner of…
What Politico means to all media
Axel Springer announced last month that it would be paying "close to $1bn" (believed to be 5 x…
Trade shows splutter into life
The recovery of the trade show market continues. But diverse factors including restrictions on travel, transport and public…
Immediate faces the teen test
Immediate Media next month celebrates its 10th anniversary. On October 31, 2011, Exponent private equity acquired BBC magazines…
30 big years of The Big Issue
Inspired by Street News (a New York newspaper sold by homeless people for some 20 years from 1989),…
Tarsus keeps spending
Tarsus, the UK-based, private equity-owned trade show group, has acquired a majority share in the world’s leading printed circuit board event, the International Electronics Circuit…
Netflix buys Roald Dahl work
Netflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl from the author’s family. The deal is thought to be…
Vivendi ‘to buy’ Lagardère
French media company Vivendi may win control of Lagardère which owns book publisher Hachette Livre, to sit alongside…
Canal+ adds SPI TV
Canal+, the French TV company owned by Vivendi, is to acquire 70% of SPI International, an international TV…
DAZN bids for BT Sport
DAZN, a London-based sports streaming company, is hoping to complete a deal for the purchase of British Telecom’s…