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Disney execs target Moonbug
Former Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Meyer are hoping to buy Moonbug Entertainment, the London-based children’s TV producer in a deal backed by Blackstone which has also recently…
Moody’s buys Bogard data
Moody’s Corp, the US listed data business, has announced its acquisition of Bogard AB which provides a database of “politically exposed persons” (PEPs) across Scandinavia. The…
PRH / Schuster merger test
The merger of two major publishing houses, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, has been referred to US competition authorities for review. The deal, worth $2.2bn, was agreed last…
New York Sun revived
The New York Sun, a broadsheet newspaper published between 2002 and 2008, is to relaunch digitally. Its previous owner, Seth Lipsky, who published opinion pieces in the intervening years, has…
CyberRisk Alliance buys niches
The three-year-old CyberRisk Alliance (CRA) , an information and events company serving cybersecurity and data risk verticals, has acquired After Nines Inc, the owner of digital brands serving…
Malo pop show launch
UK-based Malo Events is launching a new MegaCon series of pop culture consumer events. The first show will be a two-day event in Manchester in July 2022 with further events planned for…
What will Pearson be next?
Try not to laugh every time a CEO says they are trying to become the Netflix or Spotify of this industry or that. Educational publisher Pearson Plc is the latest to compare its future strategy…
Bloomsbury’s quiet B2B invasion
In 1997, the first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit British bookshops with an initial print run of just 500 hardback copies. It was the start of a spectacular career for…
Time Out: now the big change?
Time Out, the legendary 53-year-old youth magazine and guidebook brand which diversified into the operation of food markets, has today (29 November) reported predictably poor results for the…
How I do it: Hugh Jones, RX
The first in our series of "How I do it" is Hugh Jones, CEO of RX (ex Reed Exhibitions), a division of the £44bn RELX Plc. A Yale graduate in economics, he has an MBA from the University of…
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