The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

OCTOBER 27, 2023

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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Digital Media Media Negotiation Sale 138

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Workers have begun a 48-hour walkout, the first in 50 years for the outlet, over a proposal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media, a digital media start-up.

Digital Media 106

Digital Media Media Sale Mergers and Acquisitions 106

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

MAY 15, 2023

Digital publisher and owner of Vice News and Vice TV was once valued at $6bn but has agreed sale for $225m Vice, the once high-flying media startup that reached a peak valuation of nearly $6bn (£5bn), has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the digital publisher engineers a cut-price sale to a group of lenders.

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Sale Media Engineering Valuation 75

Software Equity Group

MARCH 26, 2024

STG’s four software transactions in the past year have included acquisitions of Alveo, a cloud-based data management service, Wrike, a collaborative work management platform developer, and digital media platform provider Avid Technology. The firm employs 43 professionals.

Private Equity 52

Private Equity Equities Investment Portfolio 52

Growth Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The fund specialises in IT and online services sectors, with particular focus in the following areas: digital media, social media, e-commerce, cloud computing, infrastructure software, enterprise software, gaming and mobile applications InReach Ventures The first software powered VC firm focused on European early-stage start-ups.

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Investment Funds Capital Business 111

How2Exit

APRIL 9, 2023

The team has also professionalized the sites they acquire by using better SEO tactics, better content strategies, and optimizing the sales processes. AI is already making its mark in the digital media space. They also leverage the organic traffic and growth of these assets to increase their value.

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M&A Media Mergers and Acquisitions Business 130

Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch

MAY 10, 2023

Background Limelight provides network service for delivery of digital media content and software. This would not have restricted College Parent from sales on the open market after the lockup expired, through which any activist could have acquired shares, directly or indirectly.

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Mergers and Acquisitions Stock IT Acquisitions 52