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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
Crypto education site sold
Safello, a Swedish crypto currency broker, has acquired Bitcoin.se, a cryptocurrency education website, with the purchase of parent…
1 April 2021
Axios-The Athletic merger?
Every week, there seems to be another reason to identify an opportunity for daily newspapers which could so…
1 April 2021
News Corp buys business ‘daily’
News Corp is acquiring the 37-year-old Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) from O’Neil Capital Management for $275m The digital-first…
26 March 2021
Dennis prepares for the payoff
The private equity owner of Dennis Publishing this week de-merged its automotive interests in a move which has…
26 March 2021
How Bezos changed the Post
Recent news coverage has marked the retirement of Martin Baron, the editor of the Washington Post since 2013. In the…
26 March 2021