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Irish sports conferences merge
Events. One-Zero, an Irish sports business conference, is merging with The Fan Engagement Conference which is also based in…
Tegna buys Despatch TV stations
Sound + Vision. Tegna Inc, of the US, has agreed with Dispatch Broadcasting Group to acquire local TV stations…
Frankfurt Messe launches e-commerce
Events. Messe Frankfurt, the German venue owner and international exhibition organiser, has acquired a stake in nmedia GmbH which…
Sinclair Telecable buys radio stake
Sound + Vision. US company Sinclair Telecable is to acquire the remaining 50.1% stake in Emmis Austin Radio Broadcasting…
Mediaset prepares for battle
Sound + Vision. Mediaset, the Italian broadcaster, is to create a Netherlands-based holding company to become the parent of…
PRH buys F+W books
Books. Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired the book publishing assets of bankrupt publisher F+W Media for $5.6m.…
Can Time Out make it?
Exactly three years ago, Time Out magazine promoted its £145m IPO by telling would-be investors that the UK’s…
Leafbuyer buys booming cannabis exhibition
Events. Leafbuyer Technologies Inc, the five-year-old, Colorado-based digital information service and marketplace for cannabis users, has agreed to purchase…
Axel Springer steps-up at Purplebricks
B2C. Axel Springer has more than doubled its stake in the UK’s largest online real estate agent Purplebricks, from…
Motor Presse buy-back
Magazines. Two successors of the founding Pietsch family have acquired Gruner and Jahr’s 60% stake in MotorPresse, of…