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Chicago radio may buy daily
The owner of Chicago radio station WBEZ, Chicago Public Media, is hoping to buy the Chicago newspaper the Sun-Times. The deal would create a local non-profit and potentially provide a role…
beehiiv takes on Substack…
Three former staff of the Axel Springer-ownednewsletter company Morning Brew have joined forces to fundraise for a new newsletter platform launch called beehiiv. It is intended to become a…
CoStar buys BureauxLocaux
US quoted commercial property information company CoStar Group has bought COMREAL INFO, the French owner of commercial property market BureauxLocaux. The service is offered on a subscription…
Webrazzi buys Tech. eu
Turkish tech news website Webrazzi has acquired Tech.eu which covers technology news across Europe. The two companies will combine their data and analysis resources. Webrazzi was established…
Infopro Digital for sale – or IPO?
TowerBrook Capital Partners is preparing to sell its 74% stake in Infopro Digital (IPD), the France-based company which is one of the five largest B2B media groups in Europe, and increasingly…
Substack is coming for you
About this time last year, the media industry got terribly excited about newsletters. One of the sources of that excitement was a seemingly left-field tech business called Substack, a…
Can inflight magazines survive?
Sixty years ago, Pan Am (remember them?) published the world's first inflight magazine. Although the legendary airline itself lasted only another 30 years before going bust, inflight magazines…
‘Why the press could fail’
Jessica Lessin (who reported on Silicon Valley for the Wall Street Journal for eight years before founding The Information in 2013) has written persuasively about the growing ‘knowledge…
‘Meredith-IAC lifestyle leader’
A deal between IAC, the internet holding company led by Barry Diller, and US magazine leader Meredith Corp would create one of the world’s largest food, home and lifestyle media…
Abu Dhabi new shows
The Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) has announced six new shows will launch there during 2022, in conjunction with a range of organisers. The Gulf International Flower and Garden…
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