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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 Europe’s Sky TV has withdrawn its recommendation for 21st Century Fox’s £18.5bn offer after Comcast tabled a £22bn…
Sinclair sells 23 TV stations for $500m after Tribune deal
Broadcast-streaming. To obtain regulatory approval following its $3.9bn acquisition of Tribune Media, Sinclair – the owner of the…
Informa acquires 6 exhibitions in Egypt
Events. UK-based Informa Plc (now acquiring UBM to become one of the world’s two largest exhibitions organisers. Reed is the…