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BuzzFeed marries HuffPost
The US news and entertainment company BuzzFeed is to acquire HuffPost (formerly known as Huffington Post) from telco…
Trade shows look to 2022
Everything about forecasting trade show business over the next 1-2 years is problematic, of course. But the impending…
MediaFutures on M&A
In our continuing review of MediaFutures International 2020, we focus this week on M&A. In the US survey,…
Simon & Schuster sale soon
The ViacomCBS sale of Simon & Schuster is nearing the end game with all bids apparently coming from…
Sandow buys Metropolis mag
US architecture and design magazine Metropolis has been acquired by Sandow, the privately-owned New York-based media company. Terms not disclosed. Metropolis was…
Cocoa Girl UK mag launch
When the pandemic hit the UK in March, Serlina Boyd (whose plans for a nursery business were lost…
Valnet buys Collider
Valnet, the Canadian online media investor with brands including ScreenRant and GameRant, has acquired entertainment website Collider.com. Founded…
Is this the future of exhibitions?
In the week when a Covid-19 vaccine suddenly became visible, share prices everywhere rebounded. None more so than…
What can we expect in 2021?
In 2009, the UK consultant Jim Bilton started publishing his annual MediaFutures survey. It benchmarked the performance, promise…
MBO for Quartz but…
Japanese news and information company Uzabase is selling its online business news website Quartz to the management under…