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Acuris sold for £1.3bn
B2B information. Dublin-based ION Investment Group is to acquire a controlling stake in Acuris (publishers of MergerMarket and Debtwire)…
Dotdash buys Brides mag
Magazines. Dotdash has bought Brides magazine from Condé Nast after the magazine was touted for sale. Terms were not…
Disney takes control of Hulu
Sound + Vision. Disney has reached agreement with Comcast to take control of the Hulu streaming service that (sort…
Kane buys Boyds Mills books
Books. Kane Press, the New York-based children’s book publisher owned by China’s Thinkingdom Media Group, has acquired the trade…
Scout24 bid fails as eBay bids loom
Classifieds. A bid for the 20-year Munich-based digital classifieds group Scout24 by US private equity companies Hellman & Friedman…
Netflix buys StoryBots
Sound + Vision. Netflix has acquired StoryBots for an undisclosed sum. StoryBots is a children’s media brand created…
How Axel Springer changed everything
The Berlin-based Axel Springer is selling its 51% share in the @Leisure Group, of Amsterdam, a rental company…
How Axel Springer changed everything in 10 years
All media. The Berlin-based Axel Springer is selling its 51% share in the @Leisure Group, of Amsterdam, a…
Mark Allen buys ‘The Engineer’ in UK
B2B. As predicted by Flashes & Flames, the UK’s acquisitive privately-owned Mark Allen Group (MAG) is buying Centaur Media’s…
Alma buys Finnish B2B auto platform
B2B. Alma Media, of Finland, has acquired tukkuautot.fi, a three-year-old marketplace for automotive industry professionals, for an undisclosed…