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Meckler, Media and Mayhem
Alan Meckler is the US-born publisher who has a reasonable claim to be “the internet’s first entrepreneur”. He began his career publishing guides on…
Ed publisher to go private
Nasdaq-listed educational publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company – which serves more than 50m students and 4m educators in 150 countries – is being acquired by Veritas Capital…
LinkedIn tries out podcasts
LinkedIn is trialling a podcast network that features in-house shows from the LinkedIn News team as well as with industry figures. The shows are geared toward a professional audience, focusing…
Ex Gannett TV stations sold
US local TV station owner Tegna is selling to private equity firms Standard General and Apollo Global for a total price, including debt, of $8.6bn. The deal ends a fierce battle for…
BBC News expands in US
The BBC is to create more than 20 new editorial positions in the US and Canada, which would double its digital news team in North America and expand its coverage for BBC.com and the BBC News…
Aussie into gaming ads
Sydney-based The Brag Media (publisher of Rolling Stone in Australia) is acquiring the digital activations company Epic Digital in order to enter the hot market for advertising sales in…
Brunswick News sold
Postmedia Network Canada announced it has agreed with J. D. Irving, Limited to acquire Brunswick News Inc. The proposed acquisition includes BNI’s daily and weekly newspapers, digital…
IDG goes Foundry in data war
Blackstone – the private equity firm which last year paid $1.3bn (12 x EBITDA, 1.3 x revenue) for the International Data Group (IDG) – is starting to make the moves that may lead to an IPO in…
How I do it: Christian Baesler, Buzzfeed
Christian Baesler is the Chief Operating Officer of BuzzFeed Inc, having – for the past four years – been president / CEO of Complex Networks (formerly owned by Verizon and Hearst Corp).…
Vimeo in a slump
The Information is tipping Vimeo as being a possible acquisition target. Barry Diller’s listed IAC group has a track record of successful spin-offs, including Expedia, Ticketmaster, and Match…
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