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CoStar buys homes. com
CoStar Group of the US, a property information and data and information provider, is to buy Virginia based website Homes. com in a cash deal worth $156m. Homes. com is a residential property…
15 April 2021
1 minute read
How the Daily Mail Group does it
The Daily Mail, like its right-of-centre politics, is loved by some Brits and loathed by others. Even before it campaigned stridently for Brexit, the mid-market tabloid had always divided…
9 April 2021
8 minute read
Can Newsy be the new CNN?
Newsy, the "next generation" TV news channel which has increased revenue 4 x since 2017, is going for the big time. E.W. Scripps, which acquired the channel for $35m in 2014, last week…
9 April 2021
3 minute read
The Conversation is 10
In 2004, Andrew Jaspan – the British-born former editor of The Observer, The Scotsman and the Big Issue – was appointed editor of The Age, in Melbourne. Four years later, he began…
8 April 2021
2 minute read
Hyve sells Kazakh exhibitions
The UK-based, listed trade show organiser Hyve Group Plc (formerly ITE) has sold ITECA LLP, the operating company for 25 of the Group’s non-core, regionally focused oil, gas and…
8 April 2021
1 minute read
Tribune still in the air
US news group Tribune Publishing continues to vacillate over its future. The company had accepted a deal from existing minority shareholder Alden Capital, despite opposition from its…
8 April 2021
1 minute read
Viacom buys in Chile
ViacomCBS is to buy Chilevision from the AT&T-owned WarnerMedia, as the company expands in South America and Spanish language streaming. Chilevision has a 24% share of free-to-air viewing…
8 April 2021
1 minute read
Singapore real estate deal
PropNex, the Singaporean estate agency, is to buy a 70% share of Ovvy, an app offering household services, for $1m. Propnex.com
8 April 2021
1 minute read
Graham buys Leaf Group
Graham Holdings, based in Virginia US, is to buy Los Angeles-based Leaf Group in a cash deal worth $323m. Leaf Group was established in 2006, originally as Demand Media, before its IPO in 2011…
8 April 2021
1 minute read
India poker deal
The Indian website India Poker News has bought rival site Pokershots. Both sites cover poker news and tournaments internationally. India Poker News is owned by PokerBaazi.com. Pokershots was…
8 April 2021
1 minute read
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