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Streaming slowdown
The Information has reported that “the streaming wars are starting to get interesting”. Disney reported a dramatic slowdown in subscriber growth at its Disney+ service—it added…
iMedia buys 123tv
Minneapolois-based iMedia Brands, owner of a range of TV networks, consumer brands and digital services, has bought 123tv, an interactive media company operating in Germany offering live and…
Recurrent buys auto channels
Recurrent Ventures, the private equity-backed, Florida-based owner of Field & Stream, Saveur, The Drive, Popular Science, and Car Bibles, has bought Donut Media which operates online…
Endeavour buys 3DX Media
The acquisitive four-year-old Endeavour Business Media which publishes Machine Design, Power & Motion and Hydraulics & Pneumatics, has acquired 3DX Media which allows engineers to…
Enhesa acquires HCB
Enhesa, the private equity owned, Belgium-based content and consulting company – which claims to be the market leader in global environmental, health and safety compliance – has…
Houston Press sold
Voice Media Group, a publisher of five newspaper titles in southern US cities, has sold the Houston Press, to anunnamed buyer. It was founded in 1989 and claims 1.6m monthly users. Houston Press
fuboTV buys Molotov SAS
New York quoted TV sports streaming company fuboTV is to acquire the French streaming platform Molotov SAS as part of its strategy of international expansion. The cash and shares deal is worth…
Digital publisher of the decade?
Jessica Lessin is one of the most admired and best connected people in Silicon Valley. But her brainchild The Information is also the antithesis of the digital startups that have enriched its…
Has media missed Femtech?
Back in 2019, the then editor-in-chief of US Marie Claire, Anne Fulenwider announced she was joining the print-media-executive-diaspora to tech. She wasn’t the first and she won’t be the last,…
Is this Axel Springer’s end game?
Axel Springer is to IPO its StepStone digital recruitment division, which is believed to have revenue of almost €1bn and estimated EBITDA of €350m. It is expected to have an IPO value of €7bn.…
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