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‘Newsquest buying Archant’
The UK’s largest regional-only publisher Newsquest is believed to be in exclusive negotiations to acquire the Archant eastern counties news group. Archant is being sold only 18 months…
Hachette buys Bragelonne
Hachette Livre, the world’s third largest book publisher, has acquired a major player in fantasy and science fiction publishing in France. It has become the majority shareholder of the…
M3 buys Russia health site
The listed M3, Inc., of Japan, has announced the acquisition of MirVracha, a website provider for healthcare professionals in Russia. M3’s 290k Japanese and 6m global physician member…
How Haymarket did it
It is 65 years since the birth of what is now the Haymarket Media Group. The company's roots were in a directory of job opportunities for graduates, launched in 1957 by Michael (Lord)…
How I do it: Tom Bureau, Burda
Tom Bureau is CEO of Burda International and executive chair of its UK subsidiary Immediate Media. He created Immediate in 2011 – with Exponent private equity – from the former BBC Magazines,…
Where Future may go next
Future Plc, the UK-US specialist media group, is opening what it describes as "a new content hub" in Atlanta, in the US. It would become the focus of the company's women and homes media in…
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.…
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