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Sony buys Crunchyroll for $1.2bn
Japanese electronics company Sony is to buy the anime streaming service Crunchyroll from US telecoms owner AT&T. Sony is paying $1.2bn for the brand as it expands its content and…
11 December 2020
1 minute read
Springer Nature ‘sold’
In a further twist, following several failed IPO attempts, the private equity minority shareholder of Springer Nature, BC Partners, is selling its stake to its own newly-formed BC Partners…
11 December 2020
1 minute read
Polska Press sold for $33m
Poland’s state-controlled oil company PKN Orlen is to buy Polska Press from Verlagsgruppe Passau, of Germany for a reported $32.7m. The surprising deal has, inevitably, raised fears over media…
11 December 2020
1 minute read
Success mag sold
US-based and Nasdaq quoted eXp World Holdings, a property broker, has bought Success Enterprises including Success magazine and other media. The media have an audience of sales agents and…
11 December 2020
1 minute read
What is News Corp up to?
Rupert Murdoch is set to celebrate his 90th birthday in March 2021 by launching a TV news channel in the UK, where he is now living much of the time. News UK TV comes two years after he lost…
4 December 2020
7 minute read
S&P-IHS: asset sales ahead
S&P Global and IHSMarkit have announced their intention to merge in an all-share deal. The deal values IHSMarkit at a total of $44bn, including almost $5bn of debt, giving S&P…
4 December 2020
3 minute read
DMGT’s EdTech for sale?
Analysts believe that the UK’s cashed-up Daily Mail Group (DMGT), which has a long history of divesting B2B operations and a recent track record of trimming ancillary companies, is…
4 December 2020
2 minute read
‘No bounce in 2021 print ads’
Global advertising spend is expected to have fallen by 10.2% ($63.4bn) to $557.3bn in 2020, as traditional media had its worst year on record. Newspapers and magazines will be down by 25% this…
4 December 2020
4 minute read
ERIS buys US data
Environmental Risk Information Services (ERIS) – owned by GVIC Communications Corp, of Canada – has bought GeoSearch LLC, of Texas. ERIS was formed in 1999 and provides companies…
4 December 2020
1 minute read
Future buys GoCompare
The world's fastest-growing magazine-media group Future Plc, of the UK, confirmed this week the success of its £140m acquisition of TI Media with stunning results. But the dramatic news was…
27 November 2020
4 minute read
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