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Top Hat expands education
Top Hat, Canadian online education platform, had acquired Fountainhead Press, bringing a higher education portfolio of 250 authors. The company publishes over 500 titles and is used at 400…
22 January 2021
1 minute read
Times-Journal buys in Georgia
Times-Journal, local news publisher in Georgia, US and owned by Fort Payne Newspapers, has bought the Morgan County Citizen, a weekly news titles serving Madison, Georgia. Times-Journal has a…
22 January 2021
1 minute read
The revolution at Bauer
Eight years ago, Yvonne Bauer (the fifth generation head of the family-owned Bauer Media Group) was on top of the world after acquiring ACP Magazines, in Australia. Standing in the Sydney sun,…
15 January 2021
8 minute read
How virtual events must change
It may not feel like it, but these are the golden times for many organisers of virtual events. Even with sometimes limited revenue let alone profitability, the new-wave events do have the…
15 January 2021
5 minute read
UK actor database sold
Talent Systems, the LA-based owner of Casting Networks, has acquired the 94-year-old UK castings platform Spotlight from its owner Ben Seale. The price is rumoured to be £20-30m. Spotlight is…
15 January 2021
2 minute read
Hopin buys video firm
London-based virtual events company Hopin has bought StreamYard for $250m in order to improve its video capability. The consideration is to be paid in a mix of cash and equity. Hopin founder…
15 January 2021
1 minute read
Hotel Business sold
New York based private equity firm Rubelmann Capital has acquired US B2B brands Hotel Business and InspireDesign from parent company ICD Publications. Hotel Business covers a sector that has…
15 January 2021
1 minute read
PressReader into education
PressReader, the Canada-based ‘all-you-can-eat’ digital newsstand, is diversifying into the eLearning market, with the 2018 launch of TextbookHub and the recent acquisition…
15 January 2021
1 minute read
Can New York Times really become global?
As President Trump prepares to leave office, the news brand he described five years ago as "the failing New York Times" is celebrating its 170th anniversary with a record 7 million…
8 January 2021
6 minute read
It was 50 years ago…
Fifty years ago, a young Greek journalist launched an international magazine in the UK. Themis Vokos had wanted to create “The Economist” of the shipping business and recruited an…
8 January 2021
3 minute read
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