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Farnborough buys auto event
Farnborough International, the home of UK business aviation events, is buying the automotive event Innovation and Technology in Transport (ITTHub) from Binswood Media. The next…
17 June 2021
1 minute read
How UK Telegraph is winning
Seventeen years after they acquired the UK"s Telegraph Media Group (TMG) – and almost two years after persistent reports that it would soon be sold – the Barclay family have told colleagues…
11 June 2021
6 minute read
Oprah steps into the future
When Hearst announced last August that it was ceasing regular print publication of the once-newsstand bestriding O, The Oprah magazine, it felt like a death knell, not just for an industry…
11 June 2021
4 minute read
The Week for sale
The Week, the 26-year-old weekly current affairs digest with editions in the UK and US, is being auctioned by Exponent private equity which acquired the brands as part of Dennis Publishing…
11 June 2021
1 minute read
BuzzFeed raises $200m in bonds
The Information reports that BuzzFeed is in discussions to raise about $200million in convertible bonds to supplement cash it will raise by merging with a special purpose acquisition (SPAC)…
10 June 2021
1 minute read
Blackstone buys IDG for $1.3bn
Blackstone private equity has bought International Data Group (IDG) for $1.3bn. in another sign that investors are finding acquisition targets in the publishing industry. The company,…
10 June 2021
2 minute read
Maven buys The Spun
Maven, the New York-based quoted sports and finance media brand spanning a range of collaborative content creators, has completed a $20m fundraise and bought sports news brand The Spun. The…
10 June 2021
1 minute read
Haymarket buys PPP publisher
Haymarket Media, of the UK, has added Rockcliffe Ltd, publisher of Partnerships Bulletin and P3 Bulletin to its Energy and Environment division. The brand focusses on public-private…
10 June 2021
1 minute read
GovExec invests in data
GovExec, a US information company serving government and its suppliers, has made an investment in Power Almanac, a US local government personnel database. The deal will add over 250k…
10 June 2021
1 minute read
Liquid Media buys Filmocracy
Canadian company Liquid Media, a content production studio, is acquiring Filmocracy, a brand operated by Filmdab, which streams, promotes and reviews independent films. Terms of the earnout…
10 June 2021
1 minute read
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