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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…
FaZe Clan to IPO
E-sports brand FaZe Clan is to IPO next week via a SPAC with B. Riley Principal 150 Merger Corp in a deal which will see the brand valued at almost $1bn. The newly-listed company, which was…
Genius Brands buys WOW!
Nasdaq quoted and LA-based Genius Brands International, the children’s entertainment company, has announced its intention to buy WOW! Unlimited Media in a cash and shares deal worth $53m. WOW!…
Trump to launch ‘Truth’ site
Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media platform which will be called Truth Social after he was banned from both Twitter and Facebook, with whom Trump…
Allen buys HBCUGo.TV
Allen Media Group, the media and TV company owned by Byron Allen, has bought HBCUGo.TV from its parent company Symonds-Evans Media. The brand is a key media service for the 105 Historically…
ViacomCBS buys Fox Mexico
ViacomCBS is buying a majority stake in the Spanish language TV company Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from its current owners Walt Disney. The TV content creation company will be…
Beringer buys Benzinga finance
Beringer Capital, the Canadian private equity firm, has bought a majority share of the equity in financial media platform Benzinga giving a value of $300m. Benzinga was founded in 2010 by…
Highsnobiety for sale
Online streetwear and lifestyle magazine Highsnobiety, based in Berlin, is up for sale. The company claims a turnover of almost $60m and raised $8.5m of funding in 2018 in a round led by Felix…
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