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Telegraph becomes Axel Springer flagship
Axel Springer, the $3bn Berlin-based, transatlantic, family-owned news group, was this week cleared to acquire the UK's Telegraph Media Group (TMG). Approval came scarcely a month after…
Mark Allen B2B in a spin
Mark Allen Group (MAG), the privately-owned, UK-based B2B, has recorded an increase in revenue but a fall in profits for the third consecutive year. In the 12 months ended 31 March 2025, it…
Podcast: How Faversham House became a digital and events powerhouse
Culture change has been vital to bringing Faversham House’s sustainability and utility brands fully digital. But centering the audience as part of a brand ecosystem will be key to keeping the…
Will USA Today sell Newsquest?
USA Today Inc, the largest newspaper publisher in the US (by total daily circulation), may be considering the sale of its UK subsidiary, Newsquest. The parent company (formerly known as…
‘New’ opportunities in print mags
This is the best time in decades to take advantage of a revived interest in printed magazines. How you make the most of the print opportunity will depend on the markets you work in. As part of…
Who will pay $1.7bn for CloserStill trade shows?
Yesterday (2 April) was the deadline for bids for the trade show group CloserStill Media (CSM). The 18-year-old company is expected to achieve an enterprise value of up to £1.3bn/ $1.7bn…
DealMakers: Keeping up the deal flow
After a record breaking 2025 and a frenetic couple of months at the beginning of 2026, M&A activity has slowed a little with with just four transactions announced in March. We also look at…
Broadsheet takes London
Just six months after its September 2025 launch in London, the Australia-based Broadsheet claims some 100,000 monthly uniques and about 30% monthly growth on the way to an audience which…
The challenge of print mag revival
Individual titles with their own unique audiences will face their own obstacles, but here is a look at some of the common hurdles we see for publishers looking to take advantage of the print…
Delinian: the disposal machine that keeps paying out
Here is a story about private equity doing something it rarely does neatly: exactly what it said it would. When Epiris paid some £500-600mn, in late 2022 ,for the non-Fastmarkets ‘half’ of the…
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