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Buffett’s newspapers strike a novel deal
News. BH Media (controlled by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway) comprises 30 daily newspapers, 47 weeklies and 32 other print…
Lantern drops price for Weinstein Co
Movies. The Dallas-based private equity firm Lantern Capital is dragging out its negotiation around the stricken Weinstein & Co amid…
B2B boss gets ‘his’ SouthComm back
B2B. Less than a year after SouthComm founder Chris Ferrell left the company to form Endeavor Business Media, in…
Blackstone to offload UK shopping channels
Broadcast-streaming. Hit by stubbornly poor trading and last month’s departure of the CEO after 10 years, Blackstone is rumoured…
Gray joins big league of US TV
Broadcast-streaming. Atlanta-based Gray is acquiring the privately-owned Raycom, the Alabama-based operator of 65 TV stations, for $3.65bn. The combined company…
Xilam Animation raises €22m
Broadcast-streaming. Marc du Pontavice’s 19-year-old Paris-based company that produces animated series and feature films (eg Space Goofs and Oggy…
AgriBriefing to be sold for £150m?
London-based private equity firm Lyceum Capital is rumoured to have hired advisers Raymond James to find a buyer for…
American Media acquires (most of) Bauer USA
David Pecker’s American Media Inc is buying Bauer’s US celebrity weeklies In Touch, Life & Style and Closer…
Ascential buys WARC data for up to £24m
B2B information. The £1.7bn events and information group Ascential plc (Cannes Lions, WGSN, MediaLink, and Money 20/20) is buying…
Bridgepoint p.e. buys private equity media
B2B information. Europe-focused Bridgepoint private equity is buying the media it uses. It is to acquire a majority stake…