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New Statesman ‘goes global’
The UK’s venerable left-wing political weekly, The New Statesman, seems to have been inspired both by the recent…
ITV buys into savings site
The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired what is believed to be a 20% shareholding in online…
GovExec buys again
GovExec, the acquisitive US government news and contract leads company, has bought Market Connections, a research and analysis…
WATT buys Feed & Grain
Family-owned and US-based WATT Global Media has acquired the Feed & Grain Magazine from a company that had…
Quercus acquires Arcadia
UK-based Quercus has acquired the London publisher Arcadia Books. The company was founded by Gary Pulsifer in the…
What next for Martin Sorrell?
Last year was painful for advertising. Of course. The major international groups shrank, issued profit warnings and tried…
BuzzFeed profits from ads boom
BuzzFeed broke through into profit with EBITDA of $5.5m in the second quarter of 2021, compared with a…
GlobalData buys IHS sciences
GlobalData, the £1.8bn UK quoted data and consulting company, is to buy the Life Sciences and drug pricing…
Red Ventures sells TechRepublic
TechnologyAdvice, a content and lead gen service serving IT professionals and based in Tennessee, has acquired Tech Republic, a…
Vox buys Hot Pod
Vox Media, via its tech brand The Verge, has acquired the subscription-based newsletter Hot Pod, which was founded…