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Sports Illustrated to be sold soon

Magazines. Detroit-based Tech and sports entrepreneur Dan Gilbert and motivational speaker Tony Robbins are together said to be favourites to buy…
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Sapinda takes 76% of Wild Bunch Group

Broadcast-streaming. Paris-based film distribution company Wild Bunch Group has sealed a €110.7m financial restructuring plan with its creditors, including…
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Philly radio stations change hands

Broadcast-streaming. In Philadelphia, Entercom, the second largest radio group in the US, has acquired pop station More FM from…
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Cox to sell 14 local TV stations

Broadcast-streaming. Cox Media Group announced that it is “evaluating” its ownership of 14 TV stations in the US, which…
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IPO planned for German rival to QVC

Broadcast-streaming. Providence Equity Partners is rumoured to be preparing to IPO German home-shopping TV network HSE24 public in 2019…
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Kew Media seals acquisition of Essential

Broadcast-streaming. The Essential Media Group is the newly-formed international content company formed by the merger of Essential Media and…
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Sony to sell stake in Crackle streaming

Broadcast-streaming. While US media companies are lining up to bid for the platforms and production portfolios that will help…
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Swedish telco acquires Bonnier TV for $1bn

Broadcast-streaming. Scandinavia’s largest telecom company, the Sweden-based Telia has acquired Bonnier Broadcasting in a deal said to be worth…
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Mercator Media acquires conferences

B2B information The thirty-year-old, privately owned shipping events, publishing and online group Mercator Media has acquired the maritime  conference…
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The Economist sells Roll Call

FiscalNote, a rapidly-growing five-year-old Washington DC company that uses technology to analyse global legislation, is acquiring the political…