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Why UK retail ‘dinosaur’ matters
The UK publishing of books, magazines and newspapers has almost been defined by a single retailer which next…
Hopin ‘valued at $7 billion’
Hopin, the startup that powers online events, is in talks with investors to raise new funding at a…
Roll up for ‘Power, money, ego’
Puck, a new media company, is to launch its Puck News website in September, according to Axios. The…
Euro bourse ‘merger’
Euronext has finalised the acquisition of Borsa Italiana in a deal announced in October last year and worth…
Blackstone ‘high price’ movies
A new media company backed by Blackstone Group is confirmed as the buyer of film production studio Hello…
American gaming deal
Nasdaq quoted casino and racetrack owner Penn National Gaming is to buy Canadian company theScore, a digital sports…
Cannabis deal
Fire & Flower, a Canadian cannabis retailer backed by the owner of Circle K retail stores, is buying…
US books deal
Arcadia Publishing, of South Carolina, US has acquired Commonwealth Editions, a subsidiary of Applewood Books based in Massachusetts.…
upGrad buys KnowledgeHut
upGrad, an India-based edtech player in Asia, which has recently earmarked $250m for acquisitions, has bought KnowledgeHut for…
Watch out for Mansueto Media
Joe Mansueto is the media owner you may not know much about. That's partly because you might not…