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Responsible Investor sold
Response Global Media, the 14-year-old UK-based publisher of Responsible Investor, is being sold by its its founders for an estimated £12m (12 x EBITDA). While the deal has not been announced,…
Informa to sell data units and…
Informa Plc, the exhibitions and information company, is planning to sell-off its Asset Intelligence Group (AIG) of US and UK subscription businesses in construction and transportation. The…
Mark Allen keeps shining
The UK’s acquisitive B2B publisher Mark Allen Group (MAG) has bought 13 magazines and newsletters from RELX subsidiary Elsevier for a cash consideration believed to be some £1.5m –…
Trade shows? It’s complicated.
Nobody knows the answer to the question everyone in exhibitions is asking: what will the industry look like in, say, five years? But most agree on two things: The pandemic has disrupted trade…
How UK Telegraph is winning
Seventeen years after they acquired the UK”s Telegraph Media Group (TMG) – and almost two years after persistent reports that it would soon be sold – the Barclay family have…
Oprah steps into the future
When Hearst announced last August that it was ceasing regular print publication of the once-newsstand bestriding O, The Oprah magazine, it felt like a death knell, not just for an industry…
How Informa can make it work
Informa is the former newsletter publisher which was transformed by audacious M&A into an international information and events group. Some of the deals were inspired, like the 1990s…
Why Bauer is all about audio
Bauer Media, of Germany, this week consolidated its place as Europe’s largest commercial radio group by completing the €100m acquisition of Ireland’s Communicorp. The price is some…
How baby boomers went B2B
John Yedinak’s Chicago-based B2B media company is pushing towards $10m revenue, has 30 people and has been profitable for every year of its first decade. Welcome to the Aging Media…
What next for Axel Springer?
Axel Springer, of Germany, is reportedly negotiating the $400m acquisition of Axios to add to its US-based news brands Business Insider and Morning Brew. It would be just the latest in a…
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