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Raccoon Events into US
Raccoon Events, a UK based consumer show organiser, is expanding in the US via a JV with Snowsports Industries America to develop the Snowbound Expo. The show will take place in Boston in…
Indy Dive trebles in 3 years
This is the age of the email newsletter. Industry Dive, of the US, will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2022 with a 29% increase in revenue to £110m and profit of more than $30m. A B2B…
Flashes & Flames-PA alliance
We’re in the news. Flashes & Flames has formed a strategic alliance with PA Media, the UK and Ireland’s national news agency, under which we will collaborate on subscriptions…
How I do it: Thomas Leysen, Mediahuis
Thomas Leysen is chairman and controlling shareholder of Mediahuis, the Antwerp-based news and media group formed in 2013 from the merger of two family-owned Belgian companies Corelio and…
Aussie magazines buy e-com
Are Media, the Australian magazine group previously known as ACP Magazines and Bauer Media, has acquired the e-commerce business Hard to Find as part of the Sydney-based company’s…
Mark Allen goes campaigning
The UK’s hyper-active Mark Allen Group (MAG) has just completed one of its smallest B2B deals, with the acquisition of the Regen exhibition and conference from the privately-owned…
Publishers for Ukraine
Exact Editions, the London-based content management system for magazine and book publishers, is assembling and providing access to a digital collection of non-fiction books related to the…
Now it’s social media radio
Amazon has launched a limited-access beta version of Amp, a free app that helps users DJ their own live radio shows. Creators can work from a catalogue of millions of licensed songs from…
CherryRoad buys more papers
CherryRoad Media Inc. has acquired nine newspapers from Rust Communications, Inc. The newspapers are published in Arkansas and Missouri. Terms not disclosed. This marks the latest acquisition…
Endeavor buys build mags
Endeavor Business Media, of Nashville, US, has acquired BUILDINGS and Interior+sources magazines, whch will complement existing Endeavor brands. Endeavor was formed in late 2017 to acquire B2B…
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