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France Media buys UK mags
France Media Group, a UK media company based in Bath, has acquired four France focussed magazines from the Newsquest-owned local news publisher Archant: France Magazine, French Property News,…
What now for STM “triple-pay” journals?
It is 10 years since a prominent investment analyst dared to forecast that Reed Elsevier (now RELX) – the publishing group that had most successfully navigated the transition from print to…
How I do it: Simon Kimble, Clarion Events
Simon Kimble is Executive Chair of Clarion Events, the 75-year-old private equity-owned exhibition organiser which operates some 200 events in 50 countries and 10 sectors (principally defence…
FT launches Inside Politics
With an eye on the growing incursions of Axel Springer (publisher of Politico and Business Insider) into its market, the Financial Times is launching Inside Politics, a newsletter which will…
UK streaming cuts
British households have cancelled their streaming subscriptions in record numbers so far this year as families continue to grapple with the rising cost of living, according to The Independent.…
Truth Trumped
Shares in Digital World Acquisition, the special acquisition company (SPAC) that plans to merge with former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social, fell 9% on Wednesday on fears both that…
More analytics for Ascential
Ascential Plc has acquired Sellics, of Berlin, which provides a mix of advertising spend optimisation, campaign automation and profit analytics to brands trading on Amazon in the US and…
Buying sleep
OneCare Media, the Seattle, US-based digital media company which advises a claimed 7m consumers per month on healthcare and wellbeing, has acquired TheSleepDoctor.com which offers…
Canada news deal
The Canada-based digital publisher Overstory Media Group has announced the acquisition of the 29-year-old Halifax, NS publication, The Coast, expanding its community footprint into Eastern…
What will happen to trade shows?
Time was when everybody loved trade shows, the traditional media which enjoyed 6% average revenue growth for more than a decade, thriving in the 21st century as an antidote to the virtual…
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