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Murdoch to buy GB News TV?
The Murdoch family’s News Corp today announced the launch of a new UK channel, TalkTV, early in 2022. It is being developed from the company’s radio stations including talkRadio,…
How Marie Claire was born again
When the US edition of Marie Claire quietly closed its print edition last week – just four months after Future plc acquired the Hearst-led JV that had produced it for 27 years – no one…
Reddit doubles down on ads
The Information says that the rally that sent US shares of companies like GameStop and AMC Entertainment soaring earlier this year was “driven in large part by discussion on Reddit, the…
Bank buys Zagat
America’s largest bank JPMorgan Chase is acquiring The Infatuation, owner of the restaurant review guide Zagat, as it looks to win a greater share of the payments consumers make…
Fox buys TMZ
Fox Corp, the Murdoch family-controlled media company, has bought celebrity news site TMZ for a sum thought to be around $50m from Warner Media. The site was founded in 2005 by Harvey Levin…
New Statesman ‘goes global’
The UK’s venerable left-wing political weekly, The New Statesman, seems to have been inspired both by the recent sale of Politico for $1bn and The Atlantic’s success in reaching 800k…
ITV buys into savings site
The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired what is believed to be a 20% shareholding in online price comparison operator Nineteen21 Ltd. The company, which trades as…
GovExec buys again
GovExec, the acquisitive US government news and contract leads company, has bought Market Connections, a research and analysis company in its ninth acquisition since becoming an independent…
WATT buys Feed & Grain
Family-owned and US-based WATT Global Media has acquired the Feed & Grain Magazine from a company that had partnered with the American Farm Bureau Federation. The brand, established in…
Quercus acquires Arcadia
UK-based Quercus has acquired the London publisher Arcadia Books. The company was founded by Gary Pulsifer in the 1990s and will join the MacLehose Press subsidiary of Quercus which…
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