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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…
Keshet acquires majority stake in Greenbird Media. Terms not disclosed
Broadcast production. Israeli Keshet International, producer of Homeland and the A Team, invests in UK production incubator Greenbird…
Gfinity plc acquires RealSport for £2.4m
B2C digital. RealSport’s platform includes news documentaries, podcasts and opinion Gfinity
Lagardere takes majority of SkyHigh TV, Netherlands Terms undisclosed
Broadcast-streaming. SkyHigh TV is Netherlands’ largest indie TV producer Lagardere
Penske Media, of US, acquires SheKnows Media. Terms undisclosed
B2C digital. 15-year-old privately-owned, highly-acquisitive Penske is increasingly global. It owns Variety, Women’s Wear Daily, Deadline, Robb Report,…
Cox sells Austin American-Statesman (85k circ daily) to GateHouse Media for $47.5m
News. Sale by Atlanta-based Cox (mainly broadcast and digital now) includes Austin Communities Newspaper group and Spanish language weekly…