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Is Cannes Lions a clue to the future of exhibitions?
Everybody loves live events. Newspapers and magazines look for rare rays of sunshine in performances and so-called experiential…
Axel Springer goes private
Germany’s Axel Springer has approved the arrangements whereby KKR private equity will acquire the company’s outstanding shares and…
Centaur keeps The Lawyer. What’s next?
The UK’s Centaur Media Plc is keeping The Lawyer and bringing to end its six-month divestment programme which…
GL adds exhibitions in China
Events. GL Events, of France, has agreed to acquire 60% of Interwine, the organising company of the Chinese…
Emerald buys Mental Illness Journal
STM. UK academic journal and book publisher Emerald Publishing has acquired Mental Illness journal from PAGEPress Scientific Publishing, in Pavia, Italy.…
Is Bustle the digital future of magazine media?
Bustle Digital Group (BDG), of the US, has acquired Nylon. The 20-year-old fashion, beauty, music and culture magazine…
The inexorable rise of non-profit news
News. Mediapart, the French digital news service founded 11 years ago by the former editor of Le Monde, Edwy…
Society buys photonics shows
Events. SPIE, the Washington state-based international society for optics and photonics, has agreed to purchase Xmark Media, the…
US actor buys Hispanic productions
Sound & Vision. US actor John Leguizamo’s independent Latino media and entertainment company is growing again. NGL Collective,…
What Lebedev has done for UK media
It is 10 years since London’s only evening newspaper was acquired by the Lebedev family whose fortune had reportedly…