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Sony buys ‘Sex Education’
Sony Pictures Television is to buy a majority stake in Eleven, the production studio which produced the Netflix…
Chelsea buys Scottish mags
The London-based Chelsea Magazine Company, which publishes Scotland magazines operator of the Scottish Hotel Awards, is acquiring Scottish…
Grant Hill buys video producer
Great Hill Partners US private equity firm has acquired Storyblocks, a subscription-based digital media company. Storyblocks was founded…
M6 acquires film producer
M6, the French TV network, has acquired Epithète Films, a film production company based in Paris. Epithète was…
Now for Reed + Informa?
It is painfully ironic that exhibitions - the one sector which has enjoyed consistent growth throughout the 15…
MediaFutures goes TransAtlantic
We’re in the news. Flashes & Flames has teamed up with the UK’s Wessenden Marketing consultancy and Folio,…
Swedish stake in Pearson
Swedish “active” investor Cevian Capital has taken a 5.4% stake in UK-based education publisher Pearson Plc. The stake…
Lagardère Studios sold
Mediawan, of Paris, has bought Lagardère Studios for approximately €100m. Mediawan was established with backers MACSF, of France,…
Automotive mags bought
10 Missions Media, a B2B publisher based in Minnesota, has bought two controlled circulation magazines and a membership…
Exhibitions with a difference
The clues to Tony Robinson's different kind of international exhibitions company are in his consistent profit margins, his…