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Buffett’s newspapers strike a novel deal
News. BH Media (controlled by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway) comprises 30 daily newspapers, 47 weeklies and 32 other print…
Lantern drops price for Weinstein Co
Movies. The Dallas-based private equity firm Lantern Capital is dragging out its negotiation around the stricken Weinstein & Co amid…
B2B boss gets ‘his’ SouthComm back
B2B. Less than a year after SouthComm founder Chris Ferrell left the company to form Endeavor Business Media, in…
Blackstone to offload UK shopping channels
Broadcast-streaming. Hit by stubbornly poor trading and last month’s departure of the CEO after 10 years, Blackstone is rumoured…
Gray joins big league of US TV
Broadcast-streaming. Atlanta-based Gray is acquiring the privately-owned Raycom, the Alabama-based operator of 65 TV stations, for $3.65bn. The combined company…
Xilam Animation raises €22m
Broadcast-streaming. Marc du Pontavice’s 19-year-old Paris-based company that produces animated series and feature films (eg Space Goofs and Oggy…
AgriBriefing to be sold for £150m?
London-based private equity firm Lyceum Capital is rumoured to have hired advisers Raymond James to find a buyer for…
AgriBriefing to be sold for £150m?
B2B information. London-based private equity firm Lyceum Capital is rumoured to have hired advisers Raymond James to find a…
American Media acquires (most of) Bauer USA
David Pecker’s American Media Inc is buying Bauer’s US celebrity weeklies In Touch, Life & Style and Closer…
Ascential buys WARC data for up to £24m
B2B information. The £1.7bn events and information group Ascential plc (Cannes Lions, WGSN, MediaLink, and Money 20/20) is buying…