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GovExec keeps buying
The frenetically acquisitive GovExec information company has announced its latest acquisition, this time of Forecast International, a subscription information company in global Defence and…
RB audio buys in Germany
US-based RB Media, a large audiobook producer, has acquired German audio publisher ABOD. ABOD was established in 2012 by its chief exec Rudi Singer and publishes non-fiction audiobooks…
RX acquires tech show
RX, the global exhibitions division of RELX, has acquired 3rd Street Group, a UK based events company whose principal property is the Big Data LDN show, staged annually in London for data and…
Zuddl expands virtual events
A San Francisco based virtual events startup, Zuddl, has raised $13.35m in its series A fundraise. The company has a staff of 75 and intends to develop a platform for virtual and hybrid events…
Claverley adds beauty B2B
Claverley Group has bought London-based B2B publisher HPCi Media, which publishes: Cosmetics Business, Pure Beauty and Manufacturing Chemist. Claverley Group is a regional newspaper publisher…
The gold in universities data
Private equity-owned Times Higher Education (THE), of London, has acquired the Washington DC-based Inside Higher Education for the equivalent of £16mn. In 2021, the US company is believed to…
Cosmo: too tired at 50?
Next week, the UK edition of Cosmopolitan magazine celebrates its 50th anniversary. In February 1972, the definitive young women’s glossy burst onto the newsstand all hair and cleavage and…
DAZN set to buy BT Sport
UK-based sports streaming service DAZN is reportedly in the final stages of acquiring Britain’s BT Sport in an estimated $800m deal that will give it access to rights to English Premier…
Mail buys Irish biz mag
DMGT, UK-based publisher of the Daily Mail and the Irish Daily Mail, has acquired the 25-year-old Dublin-based Business Plus magazine in a deal which has been underway for several months and…
Metropolis acquires Viz
UK magazine-centric company Metropolis Group has acquired a range of B2C brands from Dennis Publishing. The magazines include Fortean Times, Viz and Cyclist which were not acquired by Future…
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