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WebMD buys in Germany
US company WebMD, a healthcare professional (HCP) information service owned by Internet Brands, is to buy the German…
Discovery buys science
US-based Discovery Education has added Mystery Science to its portfolio. Mystery Science covers STEM subjects for younger children.…
How Bloomberg inspires B2B
Digital entrepreneurs cannot resist the temptation to claim their business will become the Netflix or Spotify of magazines…
How The Independent did it
In addition to hastening the print-to-digital transition and much else, the Covid Accelerator may kill or cure many…
Are Informa UK events for sale?
Informa Plc, the world's largest exhibitions organiser, may be preparing to sell-off its UK exhibitions. The portfolio, which…
Who will buy UK’s Centaur?
The Covid Accelerator can be expected to shake up media ownership, presumably starting with those companies which were…
Clarion buys Quartz Events
After almost six months of trade show torpor, M&A is slowly coming back to life. London-based Clarion Events…
Quibi ‘video bites’ fail
Short form video streaming specialist, Quibi, is closing on December 1 after just six months – and having…
Universal Music to IPO
Vivendi, which sold a 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a Tencent-led consortium for $3.3bn earlier this…
Zinc funding for TV deals
UK-based documentary producer Zinc Media Group Plc has completed a recent £4m funding round to fuel growth into…