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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…
Bridgepoint buys DeHavilland
Bridgepoint private equity has bought political monitoring company DeHavilland from information and events company Ascential Plc which has…
Unacademy buys into TapChief
India’s edtech provider Unacademy has bought a majority stake in recruitment and business networking site TapChief. TapChief, established…
CoreLogic auction underway
California based financial and property data company CoreLogic is generating high levels of takeover interest. CoStarGroup is the…
RB Media buys Booka
US audiobook company RBMedia has bought Booka, the Spanish language audiobooks publisher.The Booka audio backlist has leading authors…
MBO at Active Interest Media
Andrew Clurman, CEO of Boulder, Colorado-based Active Interest Media (AIM), has bought the company, along with other investors,…
Is this how local papers survive?
Traditional media is quick to allocate the blame for its demise. Dying magazines and newspapers believe that digital…