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BuzzFeed in Advanced Talks to Sell Complex, Backtracking on Digital Media Bet

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

BuzzFeed is negotiating a sale of much of Complex Networks for under $140 million, less than half of what it paid to acquire it two years ago.

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Barry Diller Explores Bid to Take Control of Paramount

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

Diller, a digital media pioneer, lost a bidding war for Paramount Pictures decades ago. Now, he’s making a run at its parent company.

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Gizmodo Is Sold to Keleops Media

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The tech website’s publisher, G/O Media, sold Gizmodo to the digital media and tech company Keleops.

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BuzzFeed Sells Complex, a Pop Culture Start-Up, for $108.6 Million

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

The digital-media company, which has plunged in value, is selling the unit to Ntwrk at a significant discount from its 2021 purchase price.

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10 Concepts We Can Learn About Media Asset M&A in How2Exit's Interview W/ Michael Fink, Co-CEO Of Treasure Hunter

How2Exit

Mergers and acquisitions of small businesses is also a great way to make money. AI is already making its mark in the digital media space. Concept 8: Sellers Prioritize Relationships However, one of the most important aspects of Treasure Hunter's acquisition strategy is the fact that they prioritize relationships.

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Independent to take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in UK and Ireland

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and millennials The Independent will take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in the UK and Ireland with the intention to create “Britain’s biggest publisher network for gen Z and millennial audiences”, the publishers have said.

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Private Equity’s Increasing Consolidation of Oncology Practices 

Focus Investment Banking

Similarly, PE-backed platform companies have undergone substantial consolidation through mergers and acquisitions.” “We believe that lower cost, higher quality models represent the future of care delivery,” TPG Partner John Schilling said in the press release announcing the deal.