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New Media buying Akron Beacon Journal for $16m
News. The New York-based New Media Investment Group Inc is acquiring the 68k-circulation Akron Beacon Journal and its ohio. com…
Gannett to acquire WordStream for up to $150m
News. WordStream is a Saas provider which helps clients and agencies to optimize digital marketing campaigns. The purchase price…
UK’s Zoopla, PrimeLocation bought by SilverLake for $3bn
B2C Digital. The sale of Zoopla will land the UK’s £1.5bn-revenue Daily Mail group DMGT with a £642m windfall…
Axel Springer sells Turkish TV stake for €160m
Broadcast-streaming. Axel Springer has accelerated the sale of its 7% in Turkey’s Dogan TV. The German media group…
Mediawan agrees to acquire 51% of ON animation
Broadcast-streaming. Mediawan is the Paris-based parent of the €160m-revenue Groupe AB which has a portfolio of 19 channels…
List Partners acquires Access Confidential and Redbooks
B2B information. The Atlanta-based lead-generation company List Partners (owned by Northlane Capital) has expanded its Wimno platform (claimed to…
Reed Tech Acquires PatentSight
B2B information. Reed Tech, part of RELX’s LexisNexis, has acquired the 10-year-old PatentSight GmbH. The German company evaluates worldwide patents…
Springer Nature cancels €3.5bn IPO
STM. Weak investor demand forced Springer Nature – the publisher of science magazines, technical and medical books and journals…
Future Science acquires BioTechnique journal from Informa
STM. The 17-year-old, UK-based independent publisher Future Science Group (FSG) has acquired from Informa Plc the peer-reviewed, open access journal…
Karger acquires Health Press
STM. The Swiss-based, family-owned Karger Publishers has acquired the UK-based information service Health Press Ltd to strengthen its clinical…