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Seek acquires Sydney grad site
B2C digital. The A$6bn Seek, the largest jobs digital in the AsiaPacific, has acquired GradConnection in a move to…
Equity firm buys Cox TV
Broadcast-streaming. The privately-owned Georgia, US-based Cox Enterprises has reached an agreement with Apollo Global Management to sell a majority…
Pearson sells US courses for $250m
Education. Pearson Plc is selling its US K12 courseware business to Nexus Capital Management for a headline consideration of…
Sanoma sells Dutch mag for 8 x EBITDA
Magazines. Sanoma is selling Mood for Magazines (MfM), publisher of personality magazine Linda, to Linda de Mol, its founder…
Lagardère sells French magazines for €52m
Magazines. As part of its strategic refocusing around book publishing and retail travel, the Lagardère group completed the sale…
Will FT buy The Information?
The Nikkei-owned, UK-based Financial Times is believed to be negotiating to acquire or invest in The Information, the…
Future buys back cycling brands
Magazines. Future Plc is re-acquiring from Immediate Media two professional road cycling magazines, the digital-only CyclingNews and the print…
Daily Mail buys RollerCoaster parenting site
B2C Digital. DMG Media Ireland (part of the UK’s Daily Mail Group), has acquired RollerCoaster.ie, a leading website about…
Gray buys TV stations in NY and Minnesota
Broadcast. Gray Television is moving into new markets in New York and Minnesota via a purchase of United Communications TV…
Investors complete D&B acquisition
B2B information. The previously-announced $6.9bn sale of Dun & Bradstreet to an investor group led by CC Capital Partners, LLC, Cannae Holdings,…