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Amazon muscles into English Premier League
Broadcast-streaming. Amazon has acquired rights to show 20 English Premier League (EPL) soccer matches in the UK for three…
Will Comcast or Disney reach for the Sky?
Broadcast-streaming. The Comcast bid has been waved through by the UK regulat0r, and Fox’s offer to sell Sky News…
Anwalt buys FragRobin consumer legal service
B2C Digital. German-based legal-tech company Anwalt.de Services AG (which acts as a mediator for clients seeking legal advice and…
Dataminr raises $221m for “news before it’s news”
B2B information. New York-based Dataminr, a startup that analyzes public data about events in real time, has raised $221m in…
2U ed-tech raises $331m for deals
Education. The US-based 2U public ed-tech company that partners with leading non-profit colleges and universities to offer online degree…
Bauer Australia buys home mags from News Corp
Magazine-media. Bauer Media Australia has acquired Inside Out, Country Style and HomeLife from News Corp Australia to add to…
Haymarket sells gadget magazine Stuff to Kelsey
Magazine-media. The UK’s Haymarket Media Group has announced the sale of Stuff magazine to the privately-owned, £20m-revenue Kelsey Media.…
Groupe Lexis buys 3 more Canadian TC newspapers
News. Groupe Lexis Média inc. has acquired L’Avantage votre journal (Rimouski), L’Avantage Gaspésien (Matane) and L’Avant-Poste (Amqui) from Canada’s largest printer TC Transcontinental.…
Iliffe keeps acquiring UK regionals
News. Long-established UK regional news group Iliffe Media is set to acquire the Newark Advertiser and its associated…
Vora acquires ShakeDeal B2B marketplace
B2B information. Vora Ventures, a US-based private equity firm specializing in building B2B information technology companies, today announced…