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Vox adds Criminal Prodns
Vox Media, of the US, has bought the podcast studio Criminal Productions as part of its expansion of audio and podcast content. The studio was founded in 2013 by Phoebe Judge and Lauren…
Australian radio deal
Australian Radio Network (ARN) which is owned by Here, There & Everywhere (HT&E), is to buy regional radio company Grant Broadcasters for $308m in a mix of cash and shares. ARN own 13…
Altus buys Reonomy
Altus Group, the Toronto, Canade based provider of software and data services in the property vertical, is to buy Scryer Inc which owns the Reonomy US-oriented real estate data platform for…
Why is Dotdash buying Meredith?
Ever since the perennially lossmaking AOL merged with the highly-profitable Time Warner, at the dawn of the internet, dealmakers have been trying to combine traditional media with digital…
How I do it: Kevin Costello, Haymarket
Kevin Costello is CEO of the Haymarket Media Group (£143m revenue/ £8m EBITDA in 2019-20) which he joined 28 years ago. The 65-year-old Haymarket – which is owned by the family of leading UK…
How The Economist missed out
FiscalNote, the Washington DC-based legal data and analytics company, is to float via a SPAC deal with Duddell Street Acquisition Corp which is expected to value the company at $1.3bn –…
Peter Jackson’s VFX tech sold
San Francisco-based 3D game developer Unity Software is buying the tech division of New Zealand-based Weta Digital in a deal worth $1.625bn in cash and shares. Weta Digital is the company most…
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…
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