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Valnet buys DualShockers
Canadian company Valnet, a conglomerate of digital media brands attracting 3.5bn visits per year, has added DualShockers to its portfolio. DualShockers was founded in 2009 and is a gaming news…
Conquering the world from Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county in northern England whose story includes hundreds of years of occupation by the Romans, Vikings and Germanic tribes. It's home to a 13th century cathedral, York…
How I do it: Jonny Wright, Hearst
Jonathan (Jonny) Wright was appointed president of Hearst Magazines International in October last year after more than a decade at Dow Jones, latterly as Global Managing Director. Earlier in…
Forbes IPO is off
Forbes, the magazine-centric, wealth-focused media business has scrapped its plans to IPO through a merger with Magnum Opus Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The New…
Shutterstock buys Splash, Pond5
New York listed photo stock agency Shutterstock has bought the 31-year-old Splash News, a smaller competitor, bringing 27m additional images into its library with a focus on celebrity and…
108 Media buys Malaysia producer
108 Media, an international TV producer based in the UK, Singapore and North America, is to buy the Malaysia-based Revolution Media, which was founded in 2013 and MBOd in 2019. The deal is the…
Infinity Learn buys Wizklub
The Indian ed tech company Infinity Learn, owned by Sri Chaitanya Educational Institutions, has bought 75% of Wizklub, also based in India, for $7.5m. Infinity intends to acquire the remaining…
Digitalbox buys TVguide UK
UK-based, digital media company Digitalbox which specialises in entertainment content for mobile, has acquired the assets of TVguide.co.uk for £0.6m in a staged cash deal subject to the…
Marlowe buys Cedrec data
The £900m Marlowe plc, a UK regulatory compliance services company, has bought Cedrec Information Services, a Durham-based provider of Environmental Health & Safety information. Cedrec has…
Is this the future of UK’s largest news group?
Jim Mullen, CEO of Reach Plc, the UK's largest newspaper group, sounded positive when he announced the listed company's results for 2021: Revenue up 2.6% to £615.8m and EBITDA up 2.7% to…
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