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Will Newsquest be sold?
Twenty-five years ago, regional newspapers were still hotter than the internet. But, in the UK, large companies were baling out. EMAP sold its £100m-revenue newspapers for 2 x revenue (16 x…
‘Shelter’ media for dreamers
A whole generation is growing up with little expectation of ever owning their own home, especially in those countries where home ownership had been booming for decades. According to Bloomberg,…
The Brit who changed Bauer
Paul Keenan, president of Bauer Media Audio, has been appointed chief operating officer of Europe's Bauer Media Group (effectively deputy to owner Yvonne Bauer), succeeding Veit Dengler who…
How I do it: Sean Griffey, Indy Dive
Sean Griffey is CEO and co-founder, of B2B newsletter publisher Industry Dive. The Washington DC-based company became majority owned by Falfurrias private equity two years ago. It now…
Storytel buys $135m Audiobooks
Audio streaming company Storytel is to buy the KKR-owned Audiobooks.com in a deal valuing the company at $135m. Audiobooks has a library of over 250,000 titles which can be streamed and…
Hyve buys 121 Group
Hyve, the UK listed trade show business, is acquiring the 121 Group, a meetings programme organiser in the mining sector across EMEA, North America and APAC, for initial…
Twitter acquires Threader
Twitter, the utra short-form user generated content app, is acquiring Threader, a complementary app which allows users to connect Twitter threads into a longer-form article and share them. One…
Vox adds Criminal Prodns
Vox Media, of the US, has bought the podcast studio Criminal Productions as part of its expansion of audio and podcast content. The studio was founded in 2013 by Phoebe Judge and Lauren…
Australian radio deal
Australian Radio Network (ARN) which is owned by Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), is to buy regional radio company Grant Broadcasters for $308m in a mix of cash and shares. ARN own 13…
Altus buys Reonomy
Altus Group, the Toronto, Canade based provider of software and data services in the property vertical, is to buy Scryer Inc which owns the Reonomy US-oriented real estate data platform for…
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