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Broadcast buys Rapid TV News
Media Business Insight (MBI), the UK-based, private equity owned publisher of Broadcast and Screen International, has acquired the…
ITV heads for golden breakup
The long-term winners in media will be those which develop real ownership of the relationship with their viewers-readers-users. These direct-to-consumer…
Can the Tortoise win?
Two weeks ago, the UK's 'partygate' scandal raged and the news media raced to out-hot-take itself on government…
How I do it: Philip Soar, CloserStill
Philip Soar is chair of CloserStill Media, the 14-year-old, UK-based organiser of more than 70 B2B exhibitions in…
Informa gets £1.9bn for pharma
Informa, the UK-listed exhibitions and information group, is selling its Pharma Intelligence to Warburg Pincus private equity for…
Dotdash drops 5 mags
Dotdash Meredith (DM) is shutting the print editions of five of the former Meredith Corp’s magazines, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Eating…
‘Newsquest buying Archant’
The UK’s largest regional-only publisher Newsquest is believed to be in exclusive negotiations to acquire the Archant eastern…
Hachette buys Bragelonne
Hachette Livre, the world’s third largest book publisher, has acquired a major player in fantasy and science fiction…
M3 buys Russia health site
The listed M3, Inc., of Japan, has announced the acquisition of MirVracha, a website provider for healthcare professionals…
How Haymarket did it
It is 65 years since the birth of what is now the Haymarket Media Group. The company's roots…