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Cafeyn buys Blendle
Cafeyn, a pan-European streaming service, has acquired Blendle, the six-year-old Netherlands-based news platform which had been backed by…
Will The Guardian stop printing?
The Guardian, which has arguably become the world's most sophisticated digital news operation, may be contemplating an end…
Magazines (mostly) in crisis
It’s been a bad week for magazines. Hearst announced it would “cease monthly print publication” of The Oprah…
ReedEx feels the pain
Reed Exhibitions – which accounted for 16% of the revenue and 13% of the operating profit of its…
Allured buys beauty brands
Family-owned Allured Business Media, of Illinois in the US, has bought Creative Age, a beauty publisher based in…
How 4 odd Brits changed magazines and the world
Let's be nostalgic. Magazines were once the most innovative, dynamic medium. For 40 years, they enjoyed the tailwind…
Adevinta buys eBay classifieds
Adevinta, the listed Norway-based classifieds company, 59% owned by Schibsted, is effectively merging with the eBay Classifieds Group…
New York Times buys podcaster
The New York Times has bought eponymous podcast company Serial. The company was formed in 2017 following the…
TikTok “to be bought by US”
US investors General Atlantic and Sequoia have formed a collaboration to try to buy a majority stake in…
FBH buys Aussie pricing
The peer group network Farmers Business Holdings, of Australia, has bought Farmsave Holdings which provides real time chemical…