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Simon & Schuster for sale
Simon & Schuster, the 96-year-old, $800m-revenue US book publisher – whose authors have included Stephen King, Tom Wolfe,…
Can UK’s Reach find the runway?
These past 12 months have brought some good news from newspapers in the US and UK. The New…
Mag ‘mergers’: decisions soon
Approval of Future Plc’s acquisition of TI Media by the UK Competitions & Markets Authority (CMA) is expected…
Reed buys US transport events
Reed Exhibitions has acquired from the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS) its World Congress and Annual Meetings.…
Ebay classifieds up for sale
Ebay Inc is said to be pressing ahead urgently with plans to sell its $10bn classified ads business.…
Infopro turns up the heat on B2B
Haynes Publishing, the 60-year-old listed UK company best known for producing car maintenance manuals, is being acquired by…
Spotify (and Murdoch) prepare for radio wars
Music streamer Spotify is buying podcaster The Ringer from its sports writer founder Bill Simmons, for $196m in…
RSA Conference for sale?
The world’s cyber security industry crowds into San Francisco’s Moscone Center next week for its annual convention. There’s…
KHL invests in recruitment
KHL Media, the privately-owned UK construction media specialist, has acquired 40% of recruitment consultant Blu Coal. The recruiter,…
Hachette buys Disney books
Hachette Book Group (HBG) has acquired over 1,000 children’s titles from the Disney Book Group, in the US,…