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Exact Editions, the London-based content management system for magazine and book publishers, is assembling and providing access to a digital collection of non-fiction books related to the…
Now it’s social media radio
Amazon has launched a limited-access beta version of Amp, a free app that helps users DJ their own live radio shows. Creators can work from a catalogue of millions of licensed songs from…
CherryRoad buys more papers
CherryRoad Media Inc. has acquired nine newspapers from Rust Communications, Inc. The newspapers are published in Arkansas and Missouri. Terms not disclosed. This marks the latest acquisition…
Endeavor buys build mags
Endeavor Business Media, of Nashville, US, has acquired BUILDINGS and Interior+sources magazines, whch will complement existing Endeavor brands. Endeavor was formed in late 2017 to acquire B2B…
How to reinvent magazines
There may be many ways to monetise a magazine brand or sustain a business that once profited from the ubiquity of print for readers and advertisers. But the strongest and most credible…
Why Wordle will pay off
Early last week, when we all had a bit more brain space to consider such things, one of the biggest debates on Twitter centered around supposed changes the New York Times had made to Wordle,…
How I do it: Nick Hugh, Telegraph Media Group
Nick Hugh is CEO of the UK-based Telegraph Media Group (TMG), publisher of the 167-year-old broadsheet Daily Telegraph. He joined TMG as COO in 2016 and was appointed CEO the following year.…
CNN+ launches in March
TV news network CNN is launching its news and entertainment streaming service CNN+ later this month. Priced at $5.99 a month in the US, with a launch offer price of $2.99, it will feature live…
NextMedia buys food mags
NextMedia, of Sydney, Australia, has acquired the print and digital brands Healthy Food Guide and My Everyday Wellbeing from New Zealand-based Healthy Life Media Ltd. Healthy Food Guide…
Footballco buys Mundial
The UK-based Footballco, which claims to be the world’s largest football content and media business, has acquired Mundial Studio, creator of the eight-year-old Mundial magazine and the Giant…
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