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Babylist acquisition
The $240m revenue, US baby registry platform Babylist has acquired Expectful for an undisclosed price in a deal…
Gen Z News Movement steps up
The News Movement (TNM), the London-based social media-news start-up launched in 2021 by former Dow Jones CEO Will…
How I do it: Michael Clinton, ROARforward
Michael Clinton is the former president and publishing director of Hearst Magazines who is now making a new…
News-Fox Corp merger is off but…
The Murdoch family has abandoned its bid to reunite Fox Corp and News Corp. Although some fund managers…
UK sports betting deal
Planet Sport, a Leeds, UK-based sports and betting media group behind the Football365, Teamtalk and PlanetF1.com brands, has…
Is AARP the perfect model for publishers?
A US report said this month that older workers were increasingly turning to the "gig economy" to give…
Ascential events for sale
Private equity firms are planning to pre-empt the IPO of Cannes Lions and Money 20/20. The plan for…
How I do it: John Paton, The Independent
John Paton was appointed chair of Independent Digital News & Media, the London-based publisher of the all-digital The…
Crisis at UK’s largest news group
The UK's largest newspaper publisher Reach Plc is no stranger to financial crisis. The once imperious group, whose…
How I do it: Simon Pitts, STV
Simon Pitts is CEO of STV Group Plc (the former Scottish Television) which broadcasts to the 5.5m population…