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Can podcasts steal women’s market?
Just as the newsletter platforms from Substack, Facebook and Twitter may represent a threat to newspapers, so magazines…
2 April 2021
Can free papers bounce back?
Vaccinations are helping companies now to turn their attentions to how their markets have been changed by the…
2 April 2021
‘SPAC rescue for Vice Media’
Vice Media is expected effectively to go public with plans to merge with the special purpose acquisition company…
2 April 2021
Will News Corp SELL next?
Just one week after the New York-based News Corp acquired Investor’s Business Daily, it has announced a deal…
1 April 2021
Acast ramps up podcast platform
The seven-year-old global podcast platform Acast is launching Acast+, “a raft of powerful subscription tools to support podcasters…
1 April 2021
Substack raises $65m
Substack, host to newsletters created by respected journalists and small following enthusiasts alike, has successfully raised $65m in…
1 April 2021
France TV merger?
Bertelsmann, of Germany, has been reviewing its TV interests in France. Earlier this year, the company was inviting…
1 April 2021
Endeavor IPO with Elon Musk
Endeavor Group – the US-based media, talent agency, and events company – has renewed its plans to IPO…
1 April 2021
Thyroid deal
Bioscientifica, the commercial arm of the UK-based Society for Endocrinology, has acquired the European Thyroid Journal, from the…
1 April 2021
New European takes off
In February, a star-studded consortium including former New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, ex FT editor-in-chief Lionel Barber,…
1 April 2021