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Axel Springer buys 11.5% of online estate agent Purple Bricks for £125m
B2C digital. Springer – Europe’s leading digital media group – may be keen to acquire £880m, six-year-old UK…
Randall-Reilly acquires Smart Rhino truck recruitment. Terms undisclosed
B2B information. Utah based Smart Rhino Labs provides recruitment services to the trucking industry. Alabama-based Randall-Reilly is a…
Digital First Media acquires Boston Herald for $11.9m
News. Denver-based, p.e.-backed Digital First Media won the 64k-circ Boston Herald after beating rival Gatehouse Media in bankruptcy…
Future buys 5 mag brands from Haymarket for “up to £14m”
Magazine-media. Brands are: What HiFi?; FourFourTwo; Stuff; Practical Caravan; and Practical Motorhome. UK mag-media realignment: Haymarket raises useful cash…
Ascential plans to sell UK trade shows
Events. Ascential to sell its traditional exhibitions (International Spring Fair etc) to focus on digital and its festival…
Dow Jones(News Corp) buys Cerico from Pinsent Mason and Campbell Nash
B2B Information. Cerico provides end-to-end Know Your Business Partner technology and digital compliance tools. Terms undiclosed. Dow Jones
Experian agrees to acquire ClearScore for £275m
B2B information. UK based ClearScore matches individuals to personal financial products, offering free credit reports, scores and personal…
Meredith to sell Time, Fortune + Sports Illustrated. Money and Entertainment Weekly too?
Magazine-media. Meredith has appointed advisers to sell legendary mags following its $1.84m purchase of Time Inc. Bidders might…
DMGT sells EDR to Silver Lake and Battery Ventures for $205m
B2B information. DMGT continues its slim-down by selling its US real estate information business to private equity DMGT
Apple agrees to acquire Texture digital mag service. Terms undisclosed
B2C digital. Texture, Next Issue Media’s “Netflix of magazines”, gives users unlimited access to favourite titles for monthly…