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Can newspapers and magazines save each other?
Sixteen years after Apple’s iTunes store first enabled users to buy the song they wanted and not the…
Gannett-GateHouse ‘to create dominant US news publisher’
News. Two of the largest newspaper companies in the US are reportedly set to combine. Gannett, owner of…
Scotland sold to Chelsea…
Magazines. Scotland is the 17-year-old bi-monthly magazine for people across the world who love the castles, mountains and…
Mark Allen gets more money to spend
The UK’s acquisitive Mark Allen Group (MAG) has negotiated £18m of borrowings from HSBC to fund further deals.…
Penske buys online Art service
Magazines. Penske Media Corp (PMC), of New York, publisher of ARTnews, is acquiring the 11-year-old online service Art Market Monitor,…
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.…