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Springer buys Politico. CNN next?
Axel Springer, the €3bn-revenue German media group part-owned by KKR private equity, has agreed to buy the Washington…
27 August 2021
Forbes goes SPAC for $630m
Forbes magazine, of the US, has agreed to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition…
26 August 2021
Virtual clinic hits $1bn
New York-based Kate Ryder, whose pioneering Maven Clinic provides online health services to women and families, has raised…
26 August 2021
The Hill sold for $130m
US local TV company Nexstar Media Group has bought Washington DC news brand The Hill in a deal…
26 August 2021
Footballco buys Italy news site
Footballco a private equity-backed football news site and owner of Goal. Com, has bought CalcioMercato.com, a major provider…
26 August 2021
Vox buys Punch drinks brand
Vox Media, US owner of The Verge, Vox and New York magazine, has bought the Punch media brand…
26 August 2021
Phillips buys Missouri papers
Baxter Bulletin and four news brands in Missouri, US, have been bought by Phillips Media Group as Gannett…
26 August 2021
How Mail Online is making it
Next year will mark 100 years since the foundation of what is now the Daily Mail & General…
20 August 2021
Is niche the future of news?
Much is made of the fact Generation Z is not interested in mainstream news. But the truth is,…
20 August 2021
AgriBriefing sells UK for £19.3m
Former UBM trade show executive Simon Foster's new company Arc Media Holdings (backed by Eagletree) has completed its…
19 August 2021