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‘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
What will DMGT do next?
The UK's listed Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) this week sounded just a little bit smug despite a 10% fall in underlying revenues to £1.3bn and a 78% fall in operating profit to just…
27 November 2020
8 minute read
Bertlesmann wins Schuster
The tussle for Simon & Schuster reached its conclusion, with Bertelsmann owned Penguin Random House (PRH) emerging as the winning bidder. The price tag reached $2.2bn (some 3 x revenue and…
27 November 2020
1 minute read
Pageant buys Women’s Summit
Pageant Media, the UK-based financial information and events company, has acquired Falk Marques Group, US-based organiser of events aimed at advancing women in private equity and venture…
27 November 2020
2 minute read
MediaFutures: download now
MediaFutures International 2020 is a highly-rated independent survey into the views and verdicts of senior executives from 331 media companies in the UK, US, Europe and the AsiaPacific. The…
27 November 2020
1 minute read
Reach completes in Eire
Reach plc, the listed UK news publisher, has received regulatory approval to add the remaining 50% of Independent Star, publisher of the Irish Daily Star, from co-owner Independent News &…
27 November 2020
1 minute read
Janes buys GPS defence
Janes, the defence intelligence supplier, has acquired the defence market analysis arm of Avascent, also known as Global Platforms and Systems. Avascent will instead focus on consultancy.…
27 November 2020
1 minute read
CoStar buys Homesnap
US commercial property marketplace CoStar is to acquire digital property platform Homesnap for a cash consideration of $250m. Homesnap services 300,000 residential property agents and over 1m…
27 November 2020
1 minute read
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