FLASHES & FLAMES

B2B information. UK based ClearScore matches individuals to personal financial products, offering free credit reports, scores and personal financial education, both online and through mobile devices. Experian

Magazine-media. Meredith has appointed advisers to sell legendary mags following its $1.84m purchase of Time Inc. Bidders might be able to tempt Meredith to sell even more of ex-Time Inc brands. Bidding war for Time mag etc could make Meredith look very smart. Meredith

B2B information. DMGT continues its slim-down by selling its US real estate information business to private equity DMGT

B2C digital. Texture, Next Issue Media’s “Netflix of magazines”, gives users unlimited access to favourite titles for monthly subscription fee. Bit like Apple Music… Apple

Broadcast production. Israeli Keshet International, producer of Homeland and the A Team, invests in UK production incubator Greenbird – including taking over BBC’s 30% stake Keshet

B2C digital. RealSport’s platform includes news documentaries, podcasts and opinion Gfinity

Broadcast-streaming. SkyHigh TV is Netherlands’ largest indie TV producer Lagardere

B2C digital. 15-year-old privately-owned, highly-acquisitive Penske is increasingly global. It owns Variety, Women’s Wear Daily, Deadline, Robb Report, Rolling Stone and, now, the SheKnows network of fem-food-fashion sites and BlogHer conferences. It has also just bagged a $200m investment from a Saudi fund. Jay Penske still owns 60%, but is he limbering up to IPO…

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News. Sale by Atlanta-based Cox (mainly broadcast and digital now) includes Austin Communities Newspaper group and Spanish language weekly newspaper Ahora Si GateHouse Media

Broadcast-streaming. News Corp finally gets control (75%) of Foxtel after decades of being a minority partner to Aussie telco Telstra (now 25%). Note that all Murdoch news, TV, digital and publishing assets in Australia are owned by News Corp not 21st Century Fox. News Corp