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A tale of two media ‘bad boys’
This is a tale of two digital media companies. The first is the largest 'new media' company of…
6 March 2020
Rouleur races into the future
Rouleur, the upscale cycling magazine for road racers, has been acquired by former banker and lifelong cycling enthusiast…
6 March 2020
Will virus change global exhibitions industry?
The worldwide exhibitions industry is in crisis. The effects of the global Coronavirus outbreak began with the cancellation…
6 March 2020
Mailchimp moves into print…
In what seems like an offbeat strategy, the Atlanta-based email marketing platform Mailchimp, has acquired the seven-year-old Courier,…
5 March 2020
Simon & Schuster for sale
Simon & Schuster, the 96-year-old, $800m-revenue US book publisher – whose authors have included Stephen King, Tom Wolfe,…
5 March 2020
Can UK’s Reach find the runway?
These past 12 months have brought some good news from newspapers in the US and UK. The New…
28 February 2020
Mag ‘mergers’: decisions soon
Approval of Future Plc’s acquisition of TI Media by the UK Competitions & Markets Authority (CMA) is expected…
28 February 2020
Reed buys US transport events
Reed Exhibitions has acquired from the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS) its World Congress and Annual Meetings.…
28 February 2020
Ebay classifieds up for sale
Ebay Inc is said to be pressing ahead urgently with plans to sell its $10bn classified ads business.…
28 February 2020
Infopro turns up the heat on B2B
Haynes Publishing, the 60-year-old listed UK company best known for producing car maintenance manuals, is being acquired by…
21 February 2020