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Australian pay TV network Foxtel merges with Fox Sports
Broadcast-streaming. News Corp finally gets control (75%) of Foxtel after decades of being a minority partner to Aussie…
Euromoney buys 45-year-old Extel investor survey for “less than £5m”
B2B information. Last year, over 15,500 investment professionals cast 1.1m votes, providing an “unparalleled dataset to help clients…
S&P Global agrees to acquire Kensho analytics for $550m
B2b information. Kensho is provider of analytics, A1, machine learning, and data visualization systems to global banks, investment…
Google sells Zagat to restaurant review start-up. Nominal price.
B2C digital. Google bought the legendary Zagat restaurant guides for $151m in 2011, to become an online hub…
Seek, of Melbourne, buys out minority partner News Corp for $157m
B2C digital. 21-year-old Aussie listed Asia-wide employment classifieds co is paying $157m for News Corp’s 13.75% stake in…
Wolters Kluwer acquires Firecracker medical learning biz
B2B information. Firecracker will become part of the Health Learning, Research & Practice group, which produces Lippincott medical…
UBM acquires Grupo Canal Energia events, Brazil
Events. UBM Brazil expansion, just as parent company is being acquired by UK-based rival Informa Plc. UBM has…
Blue Ant Media, Toronto, buys Australian Geo magazine from Bauer
Magazine-media. 40k subs bi-monthly, part of slim-down plan by Australia’s largest mag publisher. Blue Ant is a privately-owned,…
Comcast bids $31bn for Fox-managed Sky TV. “Aims to get 50%+”
Broadcast-streaming. At £12.50 per share, significantly ahead of offer (still subject to UK regulatory approval) by 21st Century…
KHL (UK) buys Diesel & Gas Turbine Publications Group (US)
B2B information. 30-year-old privately-owned UK co is “leading supplier of international construction info”: publishing, online, and exhibitions. KHL