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Adweek buys publishing brands
US B2B brand Adweek, itself the subject of a recent purchase by Shamrock Capital, has acquired the Target…
Mumsnet gets serious at 20
Mumsnet is a digital fairy story. The UK parents network was founded 20 years ago after Justine Roberts,…
UK local group sold
London-based Rcapital Partners is to acquire a 90% stake in Archant, the troubled UK eastern local news publisher.…
Bertlesmann seeks US deal
The privately-owned German media company Bertelsmann is believed to be seeking to add ViacomCBS’s publishing house Simon &…
Canada-US $11m esports deal
Enthusiast Gaming Holdings, of Canada, has acquired the LA-based Omnia Media from its parent Blue Ant Media Solutions…
US radio deal in DC
iHeart Media, the major US radio company with over $6bn in revenue, is to acquire Washington DC radio…
Pine Bluff local ‘merger’
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (ADG), published by the privately-owned WEHCO Media, has bought the weekly Pine Bluff Commercial from…
Cambium buys Rosetta Stone
Cambium Learning Group, the digital educator owned by Veritas Capital, is to acquire the listed digital language learning…
Dutch buys German edtech
Netherlands-based education company Squla has acquired Germany’s online schools’ platform Scoyo, which provides cartoon-based content in both English…
Malaysia online deal
REV Media Group is to acquire iMedia, a fellow Malaysian online company. REV reaches over 15 million users…