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Indy may buy ‘local’ news brands
The Independent, founded in 1986 as a UK daily newspaper but now digital-only, and owned by Evgeny Lebedev…
Backstage expands ex-US
Following last month’s acquisition of the UK-based Spotlight casting service for actors, another US-based castings company, Backstage, has…
Drinks industry MBO
The management team of IWSR, the drinks industry data company, has bought-out the brand from FPE Capital. The…
US outdoor media deal
Colorado-based Pocket Outdoor Media has raised new finance in a series B round, rebranded as “Outside” and made…
RentPath sold for $608m
Redfin, the US-based real estate online platform which floated in 2017, is to acquire RentPath out of bankruptcy…
DMGT sells Hobsons EdTech
As foreshadowed in Flashes & Flames in December, DMGT has agreed the sale of Hobsons, its EdTech business,…
The big Meredith surprise?
Three years ago this month, Meredith Corp was euphoric. The 119-year-old, Des Moines, Iowa-based media group had acquired…
Is this the future for Reach?
The Daily Mirror, the best-known brand of UK news group Reach Plc, is itself never far from the…
OUP open access deal
Oxford University Press (OUP) and the UK’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) have reached a comprehensive ‘Read and…
iHeart buys more podcasts
Audio group iHeart Media (which is quoted on NASDAQ in the US) is to buy podcast service company…