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Mark Allen Group, the UK-based B2B information and events company, has reported 2019-20 revenue of £54.6m (+6%) and EBITDA of £8.4m (-1%). But the numbers disguise a busy year of £21m…
22 April 2021
2 minute read
Penske JV for SXSW Festival
Penske Media’s joint venture with MRC, P-MRC Holdings, is acquiring 50% of SXSW, producer of the South by Southwest (SXSW) creative festival focussed on the convergence of film, music,…
22 April 2021
1 minute read
Virtual trade show guide
Mash Media, of the UK, has launched a new product reflecting the move to digital and hybrid events in the trade show sector with the title Digital Event News. The brand aims to target…
22 April 2021
1 minute read
US building data merger
Two building leads data providers in the US, Dodge Data & Analytics and The Blue Book Building & Construction Network, are to merge. Their combined resources will total over 10bn data…
22 April 2021
1 minute read
What Ascential may do next
The pandemic will upend a lot of B2B strategies because the dislocation will change the shape of the exhibitions industry. Companies and events will come and go but some will simply be reduced…
16 April 2021
5 minute read
‘Vanity Fair meets Substack’
Private equity firm TPG is backing a new subscription-based digital publication being launched by Jon Kelly, a former editor of Vanity Fair, that will cover media, Hollywood and tech,…
16 April 2021
1 minute read
Televisa-Univision merger
In further Latin America and Spanish language M&A activity, the two major TV companies Univision and Televisa have agreed to merge. The new company will be known as Televisa-Univision.…
15 April 2021
1 minute read
Vox Media buys Café Studios
Vox Media, the US publisher of Vox, New York Magazine, Recode and The Verge, has acquired the podcast publisher Café Studios. The company was founded in 2017 by Preet Bharara and brother Vinit…
15 April 2021
1 minute read
Immediate consolidates shows
Immediate Media, the UK’s second largest magazine publisher, has completed the acquisition of River Street Events (which it had acquired 57% of in 2019). It is merging the company with…
15 April 2021
1 minute read
US news startup
Series A fundraising has been completed for a new media startup, according to Axios. The founders are Luminary co-founder Joe Puzycki, former NYT editor Jon Kelly and ex Athletic staffer Max…
15 April 2021
1 minute read
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