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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,…
Nielsen buys Sorensen US TV data
B2B information. Data analytics company Nielsen is the winning bidder for the assets of bankrupt television data provider Sorenson…