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Lupa India buys into Viacom18
Lupa India, an investment vehicle established by James Murdoch and Uday Shankar, is on the verge of acquiring…
Tortoise raises £10m
The UK-based Tortoise Media “slow news” startup has attracted £10m of funding in its series A round. Lansdowne…
WBEZ Chicago buys Sun-Times
The non-profit Chicago Public Media, owner of local radio station WBEZ Chicago, is to acquire the co-located tabloid…
Zoomer buys Toronto blog
Canadian media company Zoomer Media has bought Fresh Daily, publisher of the Toronto news blog blog TO. Zoomer…
Literati buys Follett Book Fairs
Literati, the Texas-based online book club and book subscription company, has acquired Follett Book Fairs which serve the…
Texas locals deal
121 Media, LLC has acquired 14 weekly newspaper brands (with a total audience of 750k – about one-third…
Who will buy Screen International?
It is seven years since the UK-based information and events group now known as Ascential Plc sold-off some…
How I do it: Mark Allen
Mark Allen is founder-owner of the UK-based Mark Allen Group (MAG). The 37-year-old, £60m-revenue publishing and events company…
Bauer quits US after 40 years
Forty years after it first launched magazines in New York, Bauer Media Group, of Germany, is exiting the…
Arena buys Parade mag
Digital publisher Arena Group (formerly known as Maven), US owner of Sports Illustrated and The Street, is acquiring…