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Discovery buys science
US-based Discovery Education has added Mystery Science to its portfolio. Mystery Science covers STEM subjects for younger children. Mystery Science is based in San Francisco and claims to be…
5 November 2020
1 minute read
How Bloomberg inspires B2B
Digital entrepreneurs cannot resist the temptation to claim their business will become the Netflix or Spotify of magazines and newspapers. It's easy PR. That's why we may expect B2B media…
30 October 2020
5 minute read
How The Independent did it
In addition to hastening the print-to-digital transition and much else, the Covid Accelerator may kill or cure many of the egregiously-funded online news startups of the past decade. Amid…
30 October 2020
3 minute read
Are Informa UK events for sale?
Informa Plc, the world's largest exhibitions organiser, may be preparing to sell-off its UK exhibitions. The portfolio, which includes IFSEC, Decorex, Brand Licensing Europe, and London Tech…
30 October 2020
2 minute read
Who will buy UK’s Centaur?
The Covid Accelerator can be expected to shake up media ownership, presumably starting with those companies which were already vulnerable. One such company is Centaur Media Plc, the…
30 October 2020
3 minute read
Clarion buys Quartz Events
After almost six months of trade show torpor, M&A is slowly coming back to life. London-based Clarion Events has acquired the 12-year-old Quartz Events, a California-based producer…
30 October 2020
2 minute read
Quibi ‘video bites’ fail
Short form video streaming specialist, Quibi, is closing on December 1 after just six months – and having raised $1.8bn. The company had been established by Disney veteran Jeffrey…
30 October 2020
1 minute read
Universal Music to IPO
Vivendi, which sold a 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a Tencent-led consortium for $3.3bn earlier this year, has now confirmed that it will aim to IPO the company in 2022. The Tencent…
30 October 2020
1 minute read
Zinc funding for TV deals
UK-based documentary producer Zinc Media Group Plc has completed a recent £4m funding round to fuel growth into 2021. It follows a successful £3.5m round in January this year which was said to…
30 October 2020
1 minute read
BNP buys Food Safety mag
The US privately-owned B2B company BNP Media has bought Food Safety Magazine to incorporate into its food, beverage, packaging portfolio which includes the Food Safety Summit. The two…
30 October 2020
1 minute read
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