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Her Campus sold for…
Her Campus Media (HCM), the 15-year-old, Boston, US-based network for college women, has sold what is believed to be a majority stake to SFM, the George Soros family office investor. The…
25 July 2024
4 minute read
How Informa is quietly betting on boats
There's nothing like the corporate PR process for putting an acquisition into perspective. The 41-year-old Boat International magazine itself this month announced it had "become part of…
19 July 2024
6 minute read
Telegraph auction on the rocks
First round bids in the auction for the UK's Telegraph Media Group (TMG) are due today (Friday 19, July). But the legislative change which had not only blocked acquisition by the Abu…
19 July 2024
2 minute read
What next for Red Ventures?
In September, the US-based Red Ventures (RV) celebrates its 25th anniversary. For Ricardo (Ric) Elias, the CEO-founder of the company that owns and operates major lead gen-funded digital…
19 July 2024
7 minute read
How Tortoise is getting up to speed
Tortoise Media, the five-year-old, UK-based slow news startup founded by ex-BBC News boss James Harding, former US diplomat Matthew Barzun and Katie Vanneck-Smith (now Hearst UK CEO) reported…
18 July 2024
4 minute read
Will Fastmarkets get its dream PRA deal?
AI is accelerating the commoditisation of so much news and information and nobody needs reminding of the soaring value of subscription-funded data services. But the "must have” information…
12 July 2024
7 minute read
After Mail exit, who will get the Telegraph?
In a move which underlines the bizarre nature of the outgoing UK government's rushed legislation to restrict foreign equity investment in news brands, the Daily Mail Group (DMGT) has withdrawn…
11 July 2024
2 minute read
Floundering CNN ‘goes digital’
Same as the old boss? In a memo to staff on Wednesday, CNN chairman Mark Thompson announced a series of major changes at the cable news network, including the layoffs of 100 employees, a…
11 July 2024
2 minute read
How I do it: Simon Barr, Fieldsports Press
Simon Barr is CEO and co-founder of Fieldsports Press, the UK publisher which launched exactly six years ago with the £150k acquisition of Fieldsports Journal and Scottish Sporting Gazette.…
11 July 2024
6 minute read
Preqin exit multiple gets them thinking
The £2.6bn ($3.2bn) acquisition of UK-based data provider Preqin by BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset management firm, has sparked search for the next big deal in financial data. A price of…
5 July 2024
4 minute read
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