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How Marie Claire was born again
When the US edition of Marie Claire quietly closed its print edition last week - just four months…
Reddit doubles down on ads
The Information says that the rally that sent US shares of companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment soaring…
Bank buys Zagat
America’s largest bank JPMorgan Chase is acquiring The Infatuation, owner of the restaurant review guide Zagat, as it looks…
Fox buys TMZ
Fox Corp, the Murdoch family-controlled media company, has bought celebrity news site TMZ for a sum thought to…
New Statesman ‘goes global’
The UK’s venerable left-wing political weekly, The New Statesman, seems to have been inspired both by the recent…
ITV buys into savings site
The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired what is believed to be a 20% shareholding in online…
GovExec buys again
GovExec, the acquisitive US government news and contract leads company, has bought Market Connections, a research and analysis…
WATT buys Feed & Grain
Family-owned and US-based WATT Global Media has acquired the Feed & Grain Magazine from a company that had…
Quercus acquires Arcadia
UK-based Quercus has acquired the London publisher Arcadia Books. The company was founded by Gary Pulsifer in the…
What next for Martin Sorrell?
Last year was painful for advertising. Of course. The major international groups shrank, issued profit warnings and tried…