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UK news group buys children’s publisher
Magazines. The Claverley Group, one of the lesser-known but consistently most successful medium-sized publishers of regional newspapers in…
AT&T gets out of Hulu
Sound +Vision. US Telco AT&T has sold its 9.5% stake in video streaming company Hulu back to Hulu for…
Centaur sells travel exhibitions
The UK’s Centaur Media Plc has confirmed it is selling its Business Travel Show and The Meetings Show,…
Hearst eyes UK targets
Magazines. The £90m-revenue Hearst UK may be planning a “material acquisition in a complementary business” over the next…
National Enquirer to be sold (sort of)
Magazines. American Media Inc (AMI), of New York, will offload its tabloid weeklies including the racy The National Enquirer…
Bid for Irish Independent News
News. Independent News & Media (INM), Ireland’s largest newspaper group which publishes daily and Sunday papers such as the…
Gizmodo goes ‘cheap’ to private equity
B2C. Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill Partners is acquiring Gizmodo Media Group (owner of Jezebel, Deadspin and The…
DC Thomson buys events group
B2C. DC Thomson, the Scotland-based, family-owned media group, has acquired PSP Media, the organiser of the Scottish Golf Show…
PEI Media buys Argosy
B2B. PEI Media Group, the UK-based international publisher of B2B information for private equity, has acquired US-based Argosy Group…
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…