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BuzzFeed ‘to buy Complex TV’
The Information reports that BuzzFeed is in talks to acquire digital lifestyle publisher Complex Networks from the Verizon-Hearst…
13 May 2021
Forbes ‘being sold for $650m’
The US-based Forbes Media – owned since 2014 by a group of Asian investors called Integrated Whale Media…
13 May 2021
RBMedia buys McGraw audio
The KKR-owned RBmedia, claimed to be the world’s largest audiobook publisher, has acquired the audiobook division of McGraw-Hill…
13 May 2021
Murdoch SPAC for Asia
James Murdoch and business partner Uday Shankar are launching their Seven Island Inc special purpose acquisition company (SPAC)…
13 May 2021
TikTok into jobs classifieds
TikTok is entering the recruitment space with a trial service helping brands which use the platform to find…
13 May 2021
AdvanceLaw sold
Miratech, a legal software supplier based in Texas, has bought AdvanceLaw, a benchmarking and data sharing service for…
13 May 2021
Cisco buys events platform
The tech company Cisco, headquartered in California, is to buy Socio which facilitates events online or in-person. Socio…
13 May 2021
SPH goes non-profit
Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) – publisher of the Straits Times and Chinese language Lianhe Zaobao – is to…
13 May 2021
Korea story deals
Kakao Entertainment Corp, a Korean music, content and talent company with a division offering web cartoons and novels,…
13 May 2021
WebMD buys UK content
WebMD Health Corp, itself owned by Internet Brands, has bought the UK healthcare information provider MGP. The company…
13 May 2021