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Signature launches Polly Pocket
Signature Publishing, of the UK, has agreed a deal with toy maker Mattel to launch Polly Pocket magazine. The Polly Pocket doll brand has a 30-year history, has sold 17m units and is…
Black Ballad raises £335k
The UK-based Black Ballad website, a lifestyle start-up for black women, has raised £335k from crowdfunding and venture capital. The site, which was launched in 2014 by Tobi Oredein, has 22k…
MOBA buys ResetEra gamers
Swedish media company MOBA Network has bought the gaming forums run by ResetEra for $4.6m in cash. The intention is to continue the current community forums and to develop new products.…
Why The Athletic is burning
The Athletic burned through $95m during 2019 and 2020, reflecting the cost of building a 600-person reporting staff to cover local sports in both the US and Britain, according to The…
What’s AgriBriefing’s big deal?
The London-based AgriBriefing is gearing up for M&A after selling-off its original UK business. This is what we now know about the divestment that effectively halved the B2B information…
The Economist shows how
Business leaders often get prickly when their strategies are pulled apart by mere journalists. It's more irritating still when a picky reporter works for a media organisation that itself is…
How Meredith lost it
InterActive Corp (IAC) via its Dotdash subsidiary, has confirmed its agreement to buy Meredith, the largest magazine group in the US, for $2.7bn – about the same price that Meredith paid…
Readly buys Toutabo for €8m
Digital magazine platform Readly is buying the French subscription media company Toutabo which operates the ePresse platform. France claims to be Europe’s largest magazine market and the deal…
Indy Dive buys Ladders News
B2B newsletter specialist Industry Dive, of the US, has acquired Ladders News, a daily with over 2m subscribers, from parent Ladders Inc. The Ladders News brand will not continue, with its 13m…
“UK trade show recovery”
Phillip Soar, chair of two UK-based trade show companies – CloserStill and Nineteen Events – wrote in Flashes & Flames in July to counter much of the negative comment about the…
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