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Will the classifieds bubble burst?
Classified advertising was the unsung hero of so much print media in the second half of the 20th…
7 August 2020
The Stage buys The Bookseller
Two of the UK’s oldest B2B magazines, spanning 300 years of publishing history, are being brought together in…
7 August 2020
Industry Dive targets Europe
Industry Dive, of the US, is acquiring the NewsCred content marketing platform. The move signals the B2B publisher’s…
7 August 2020
Cafeyn buys Blendle
Cafeyn, a pan-European streaming service, has acquired Blendle, the six-year-old Netherlands-based news platform which had been backed by…
7 August 2020
Will The Guardian stop printing?
The Guardian, which has arguably become the world's most sophisticated digital news operation, may be contemplating an end…
31 July 2020
Magazines (mostly) in crisis
It’s been a bad week for magazines. Hearst announced it would “cease monthly print publication” of The Oprah…
31 July 2020
ReedEx feels the pain
Reed Exhibitions – which accounted for 16% of the revenue and 13% of the operating profit of its…
31 July 2020
Allured buys beauty brands
Family-owned Allured Business Media, of Illinois in the US, has bought Creative Age, a beauty publisher based in…
31 July 2020
How 4 odd Brits changed magazines and the world
Let's be nostalgic. Magazines were once the most innovative, dynamic medium. For 40 years, they enjoyed the tailwind…
24 July 2020
Adevinta buys eBay classifieds
Adevinta, the listed Norway-based classifieds company, 59% owned by Schibsted, is effectively merging with the eBay Classifieds Group…
24 July 2020