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NY Times ‘to buy The Athletic’
The New York Times (NYT) is reportedly seeking to buy The Athletic. The Athletic’s most recent fundraise in 2020 valued the business at $500m. The business achieved revenues of $80m last year…
27 May 2021
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Canadian finance deal
Postmedia Network, the Canadian online news company, has bought a minority stake in Wise Publishing, based in Toronto. The companies will partner in the personal finance vertical. Wise…
27 May 2021
1 minute read
UK ‘vendor’ deal for catering shows
Longtime UK events industry executive Toby Wand has announced the acquisition of Scotland’s ScotHot and Northern Ireland’s IFEX exhibitions from the London-based Montgomery Group, via his new…
27 May 2021
1 minute read
Motorsport buys Hammer Price
Motorsport Network has acquired Hammer Price, the collectors’ car price information provider. Motorsport Network aims to dominate the sector through digital, games and events. The new…
27 May 2021
1 minute read
Axel Springer may buy Axios
The Information reports that Axel Springer, owner of Business Insider and Morning Brew, is in talks to acquire the five-year-old (and reportedly profitable) Axios newsletter business which…
21 May 2021
1 minute read
How RELX turned print to data
Behind RELX's self-description as "a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers" is a whole world of media history. This is the…
21 May 2021
7 minute read
Crypto media beyond the price
It’s been a remarkable 2021 (so far) for the major players in crypto-related media. So many publications are seeing their audiences catapult above traditional financial publications and…
21 May 2021
6 minute read
Will Informa buy Journal of Commerce?
As S&P Global and IHSMarkit continue to navigate the regulatory hurdles to their planned $44bn merger, Informa Plc is believed to have resumed negotiations to acquire (or establish a JV…
21 May 2021
2 minute read
Warner-Discovery merger
The AT&T-owned Warner Media (the former Time Warner) is to merge with Discovery. The new company will be a global company covering entertainment, news, non-fiction and sport.…
20 May 2021
1 minute read
Amazon bids for MGM
Amazon is thought to have made a $9bn offer to buy film studio MGM. A potential deal would include over 5,000 film titles, 17,000 TV hours, and the James Bond movie franchise. The company had…
20 May 2021
1 minute read
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