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Future plc completes £13m acquisition of Haymarket magazines
Magazine-media. The UK-based Future acquires specialist consumer titles What Hi-Fi?, FourFourTwo, Practical Caravan and Practical Motorhome from the UK privately-owned Haymarket Media Group…
LRP acquires Professional Media publications and events
B2B information. The Connecticut-based Professional Media Group specialises in information and events for US school leadership. In addition to…
Bloomsbury Publishing acquires IBT Tauris for £5.8M
Books. London-based IBT has a publishing list in Middle East Studies, History, Politics and International Relations. Bloomsbury is the…
ParkerGale Capital acquires Gartner’s Workforce Surveys & Analytics
B2B information. Workforce Surveys & Analytics (“WS&A”) is a leading tech-enabled survey and analytics platform. Parker Gale Capital
TVA Groupe to acquire Groupe Serdy for $24M
Broadcast-streaming. TVA is the Canadian media group which operates the country’s largest French-language TV network. Its range of…
Lagardère to sell Elle and French magazines
Magazine-media. Lagardère, once the world’s largest magazine publisher, is finalising a deal with Czech Media Invest to sell most…
Axel Springer sells Aufeminin to TF1 for €290m
B2C digital. Springer has sold its 78.4% stake in the 19-year-old Paris-based digital media group Aufeminin which operates…
Hearst buys ‘e-commerce’ stake in Gear Patrol
Magazine-media. Hearst Magazines has acquired a minority but highly-strategic stake in Gear Patrol, a “men’s enthusiast print and digital publication,…
BuySellAds acquires ex high-flier Digg
B2C Digital. Boston-based adtech company BuySellAds has bought the assets of the content aggregator Digg, once seen as a direct…
Comcast launches rival £22bn Sky takeover bid
Broadcast-streaming. Europe’s Sky TV has withdrawn its recommendation for 21st Century Fox’s £18.5bn offer after Comcast tabled a £22bn…