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Mark Allen B2B in a spin
Mark Allen Group (MAG), the privately-owned, UK-based B2B, has recorded an increase in revenue but a fall in profits for the third consecutive year. In the 12 months ended 31 March 2025, it…
Will USA Today sell Newsquest?
USA Today Inc, the largest newspaper publisher in the US (by total daily circulation), may be considering the sale of its UK subsidiary, Newsquest. The parent company (formerly known as…
Who will pay $1.7bn for CloserStill trade shows?
Yesterday (2 April) was the deadline for bids for the trade show group CloserStill Media (CSM). The 18-year-old company is expected to achieve an enterprise value of up to £1.3bn/ $1.7bn…
Broadsheet takes London
Just six months after its September 2025 launch in London, the Australia-based Broadsheet claims some 100,000 monthly uniques and about 30% monthly growth on the way to an audience which…
Delinian: the disposal machine that keeps paying out
Here is a story about private equity doing something it rarely does neatly: exactly what it said it would. When Epiris paid some £500-600mn, in late 2022 ,for the non-Fastmarkets ‘half’ of the…
What now for UK’s Daily Mail?
The Daily Mail Group (DMGT) lost the Telegraph Media Group because the UK’s legacy regulation of press ownership plurality could not allow its agreed £500mn bid (once thought to be the highest…
What the Gulf might mean to Emerald
Emerald Holdings, the US listed trade show organizer this month reported mixed 2025 financials but reassured investors (notably Onex its long-suffering 91.6% private equity shareholder) that…
Cosmopolitan is 140!
What was then called 'The Cosmopolitan' was launched 140 years ago this month, in 1886, right in the middle of America's Gilded Age. That's the historical period, not the opulent TV drama of…
What next for New York Times?
As Axel Springer prepares to take ownership of the UK's Telegraph Media Group, the Berlin-based company will be fleshing out the details of a broad strategy echoed by a host of other would-be…
Informa keeps up the pace
Informa Plc, the UK listed group, which is the world’s largest B2B events organizer, yesterday announced its 2025 financial results. They marked the fifth consecutive year of double-digit…
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