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Why print is perfect for mags without ads
The Economist has come through the pandemic in great health. For 2021-22, the publisher of the eponymous weekly…
How I do it: Mark Kelsey, RELX
Mark Kelsey is CEO of the LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group (LNRS) of the £7bn-revenue RELX Plc. LNRS (not…
What next for UK local papers?
It’s been, to say the least, a bumpy decade for the UK’s regional newspapers. Back in 2011, more…
How Axios matched 5x revenue price
Flashback: Axios, the five-year-old all-digital US news brand which trademarked its “smart brevity” style of punchy, bullet point…
DK buys Phonics
Dorling Kindersley (DK), the children and young people’s imprint of Penguin Random House, having launched DK Learning earlier…
SoPa buys TMG e-commerce
The Vietnam-based e-commerce firm Society Pass Inc (SoPa), has acquired the $5.8m-revenue Thoughtful Media Group (TMG), a social commerce-focused, premium…
Why Ascential breakup is inevitable
Ascential Plc, the UK-based information and events company, will be the perfect business school case study. Starting life…
Lloyd’s List sold. Informa does it again
Informa Plc, the UK listed information and events group, has sold 80% of its Lloyd's List Intelligence to…
Greek bid for Vice Media?
The US-based Vice Media is reportedly set to be acquired by Antenna Group, of Greece. In 2017, Vice…
Simon & Schuster deal in court
It was in November 2020 that Bertlesmann’s Penguin Random House announced its bid to acquire Simon & Schuster.…