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Archant for sale
UK based local news and magazines group Archant, based mainly in the UK’s eastern counties, is being offered for sale only 18 months after being bought out of administration (freed of…
Infopro buys Eventmaker
France-based B2B company Infopro Digital has bought Eventmaker. The French event tech company was established in 2009 by Tristan Verdier and allows all format events to be managed in one…
NYT buys viral hit Wordle
The New York Times, on an acquisition spree in support of its strategy which has just notched up 10m subscribers, has bought the online word game Wordle, which has become a viral hit as users…
Euromoney buys board data
Euromoney Institutional Investor has acquired Boardroom Insiders for $25m in a cash deal. Boardroom Insiders provides data on executives primarily to tech and professional services clients.…
Bauer buys Portugal radio
Bauer Media Audio, Europe’s largest digital commercial radio broadcaster, will acquire MCR – Media Capital Rádios, of Lisbon, subject to regulatory approval. It marks Bauer‘s entry…
What Axios means to media
Five years ago, Jim VandeHei, described his Axios startup as a cross between Twitter and The Economist. It's a vertical stream of news resembling the Facebook timeline or Twitter feed. But,…
Fashion design mag sold
The New York and Singapore listed investment group AMTD International Inc, has agreed to acquire L’Officiel Inc, publisher of the 101-year-old iconic French fashion and beauty magazine for…
The rise of journo influencers
The media industry’s new year got off to a buzzy start when Ben Smith (former Editor-in-chief of Buzzfeed News and latterly New York Times’ media columnist) announced he is launching a news…
How I do it: Hervé Sedky, Emerald x
Hervé Sedky is president and CEO of Emerald Holding Inc, the world’s tenth (and America’s largest) organizer of B2B exhibitions. It incorporates former trade show companies…
TikTok ads climb
The Information reports that US advertising agency Horizon Media will triple its spending on TikTok this year to 5% of its roughly $2bn social media ad budget, and TikTok’s share of…
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