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New European to be…new?
The New European, a Europhile weekly launched after the UK’s seismic Brexit referendum in 2016, has been bought from regional news group Archant by a consortium. The 14 investors include…
4 February 2021
2 minute read
Future buys Aussie savings site
Future plc, which later this month completes its £594m acquisition of the GoCompare price comparison site in the UK, has acquired the Mozo savings site in Australia for A$30m. Mozo had A$11m…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Gray TV buys Quincy Media
Gray Television, the listed tv company based in Atlanta, US, is to buy Quincy Media, a family-owned company with a portfolio of tv, news, and radio stations in the US midwest for $925m. Gray…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
IndyDive buys into mobile
Industry Dive, the B2B news provider based in Washington DC and active in 22 verticals, has bought Mobile Payments Today which will relaunch as Payments Dive in March. The deal is the third…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Reid buys Gannett papers
Reid Newspapers, a family-owned Oklahoma-based news publisher, has acquired three additional Oklahoma titles from Gannett to add to its existing portfolio of seven titles. Staff will transfer…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Singapore events merger
Two Singapore meetings and events companies, Temasek’s SingEx and Singapore Press Holding’s Sphere Exhibits are to merge and will be known as SingEx-Sphere, owned 60:40 by Temasek and SPH.…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Chess magazine sold
Norwegian chess training company Play Magnus Group has bought Dutch chess publisher Interchess BV, publisher of international magazine New In Chess. The company also publishes chess…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Turner buys Prospect Books
Turner Publishing has acquired Prospect Park Books, based in LA, adding 100 titles to its catalogue. Prospect Park has a mixed portfolio of fiction, cooking, humour and gift titles. Turner…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Media Do buys Quality/Firebrand
Media Do, a distributor of Japanese e-books, has acquired Quality Solutions and its Firebrand Technologies business. The two brands provide marketing and tech services to over 500 publishers…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
Univision buys VIX
Univision Communications, the US based Spanish language streaming and broadcaster, has acquired Florida based VIX which streams content across the US and Latin America. VIX derives revenue…
4 February 2021
1 minute read
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