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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…
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…
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…
Can Daily Mail beat family curse?
The UK’s Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) and Hearst Corporation, of the US, can each claim to…
Will Wilmington’s next MBO be itself?
B2B information. UK-based B2B information and training group Wilmington plc has sold ICP, its specialist leading credit reporting…
Exponent wins £167m Dennis
The £160m-revenue UK-based Dennis Publishing, owner of The Week in the UK and US, a slew of motoring,…
Future’s big splash in the US
Magazine-media. The fast-growing UK-based specialist media company Future plc is paying $132.5m to acquire the B2C business of Purch,…
ITE completes £300m acquisition of UK shows
Events. ITE Group plc has completed its previously announced acquisition of Ascential Events Limited (The International Spring Fair etc)…
KKR buys RBmedia audiobook leader
Books. Investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire RBmedia – the world’s largest producer of audiobooks and spoken content…
Truckstop acquires software firm
B2B information. The Idaho-based Truckstop, one of two leading US freight matching and load board solutions, has acquired…