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UAE online property ‘merger’
B2C. Property Finder, the UAE-based real estate website has agreed to acquire its competitor JRD Group which owns Justproperty.com…
Jump! books acquisition
Books. US children’s publisher Jump! has acquired curriculum publisher Bearport Publishing. The brand will continue to publish early-reader non-fiction…
Metropolis buys Centaur B2B finance brands
Metropolis Group, of the UK, has acquired the financial information division of Centaur Media for £5m in cash.…
Metropolis buys Centaur finance B2B brands
B2B information. Metropolis Group, of the UK, has acquired the financial information division of Centaur Media for £5m in…
Backstage US poised for growth – in UK?
B2B information. The disclosure this week that former Time Inc chairman and CEO Joe Ripp has invested alongside Ridgemont…
UK mag publisher steps up
Magazines. The UK specialist magazine publisher, the Enthuse Group, has bought a 51% stake in AA Media Ltd, the…
Welbeck acquires Carlton Books and…
Books etc. The newly-established Welbeck Publishing Group, founded in the UK by Mark Smith (ex Bonnier) and Marcus Leaver…
Car wars ahead in the UK
B2C digital. Big things are happening in the UK online car sales market. CarGurus, the US leader in…
Acuris buys Blackpeak – and awaits bids
B2B information. Acuris, the BC Partners and GIC-backed provider of financial data, intelligence and research on corporate financial performance…
Rowman acquires Finney books
Books. US academic book publisher Rowman & Littlefield has acquired the publishing imprints of Finney Company, a publisher,…