Benchmark Report

AUGUST 1, 2023

It also has Reach Stationery, a stationery wholesale operation with brands that include Supreme Stationery and Newspread, the national distribution organisation for newspapers and magazines in Ireland.

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NYT M&A

MAY 10, 2022

My Code, a media start-up, is buying some of the largest Spanish-language newspapers in the United States, including El Diario and La Opinion.

Start-ups 77

Start-ups Mergers & Acquisitions 77

Benzinga

APRIL 26, 2022

But Musk won't be the first high-profile corporate titan to take over a prominent media company. Here are seven media buys that involved a corporate executive: 1. NASDAQ: AMZN ) founder Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post newspaper from the Graham family for $250 million in cash. Bezos Buys Washington Post: Amazon, Inc.

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Financial Times M&A

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Media investment firm National World in early stages of exploring offer for national and regional newspaper group

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 23, 2022

The media play an important role in capital markets. Media coverage can attract the attention of investors and the public at large and affect the decisions of management. As such, the media can have a corporate governance role in disciplining firms and their managers. Securities Litigation , No. 52-1, 1:03-CV-3475-WSD, N.D.G.,

Marketability 52

Marketability 52

Sun Acquisitions

APRIL 28, 2022

Mike brings 25 years of experience in business ownership that includes start-ups, turnarounds, acquisition and sale of companies, specifically within media and IT industries. Throughout Mike’s career, he has owned, operated and sold radio stations and newspapers throughout the Midwest and upstate New York.

Enterprise Value 98

Enterprise Value Start-ups Technology Marketability 98

BV Specialists

JULY 18, 2022

There was a time when folks used to look in the newspaper or phonebook to locate what they were looking for. Whether you’re a local company that tends to rely on word-of-mouth referrals or a nationwide operation looking to grow, one of the most effective tools available to you is your online presence. Those days are long gone.

eCommerce 77

eCommerce Marketability Appraisal 77

Peak Business Valuation

MAY 17, 2023

The industry includes the direct selling of home goods, cosmetics, coffee-break services, vitamins, nutritional supplements, newspaper routes, party-planning merchandise, and more. Social media is an important part of the online presence of a distributorship business model. A business appraiser can help.

Business Valuation 52

Business Valuation Fair Market Value Appraisal Marketability 52

Sun Acquisitions

MAY 26, 2022

Local Media. We’ve grown so used to digital spaces that we sometimes forget that you can rely on other forms of media for marketing purposes. In this particular case, we’re talking about running ads in local media – newspapers and business journals.

Banking 52

Banking Start-ups Marketability 52

Equilest

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Here are some of them: Social media marketing. Social media has become one of the most important marketing tools for businesses in today’s world. 5: Use Social Media To Expand Your Reach. Social media is a powerful tool for small businesses. Contact local media outlets directly. 9:Keep A Close Eye On Your Finances.

Business Valuation 40

Business Valuation Mergers & Acquisitions Marketability Finance 40

Equilest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Use social media marketing to promote your new services. . Create A Website And Use Social Media To Promote Your Firm. This might include advertising in a local magazine or newspaper that reaches your target audience. 3: Make Your Office Easy To Find And Easy To Access Physically. 6: Hire More Professionals.

Accounting Firms 40

Accounting Firms Business Valuation Start-ups Marketability 40

Equilest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Use social media marketing to promote your new services. . Create A Website And Use Social Media To Promote Your Firm. This might include advertising in a local magazine or newspaper that reaches your target audience. 3: Make Your Office Easy To Find And Easy To Access Physically. 6: Hire More Professionals.

Accounting Firms 40

Accounting Firms Business Valuation Start-ups Marketability 40

The Guardian M&A

MARCH 28, 2024

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.

Technology 107

Technology 107

The Guardian M&A

MARCH 29, 2024

Traditional affinity between Conservatives and the newspaper has given way to a complex, splintered drama, and the attempted acquisition by Gulf-backed RedBird IMI lies in limbo With the Conservative party trailing Labour by nearly 20 points in the polls, it needs all the help it can get if it is going to have a fighting chance at the next election. (..)

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NYT M&A

MARCH 13, 2024

A roughly $1 billion bid from the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his Emirati backers raised concerns among lawmakers over a storied conservative newspaper.

Mergers & Acquisitions 108

Mergers & Acquisitions 108

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

While I will use the "Magnificent Seven" moniker attached by these companies by investors and the media, my preference would have been to call them the Seven Samurai.

Marketability 115

Marketability Market Capitalization Start-ups Equity 115

NYT M&A

JANUARY 20, 2024

The news that David D. Smith, the executive chairman of the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group, had bought The Sun has generated alarm inside and outside the newsroom.

Mergers & Acquisitions 134

Mergers & Acquisitions 134

Reynolds Holding

AUGUST 17, 2022

1] Under the marketing exception, persons who offer or provide time or space for an advertisement for a consumer financial product or service in print, newspaper, or electronic media are not service providers “solely” by virtue of that activity. [2]

Finance 45

Finance Marketability Technology Banking 45

The Guardian M&A

APRIL 26, 2024

Investor’s move comes amid reports RedBird IMI is to formally withdraw its attempt to buy the newspaper The GB News investor Sir Paul Marshall is stepping down from the board of the broadcaster after three years, it was announced on Friday.

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The Guardian M&A

JANUARY 26, 2024

The UK government moved swiftly to order the second watchdog inquiry after the Barclays’ UAE-backed consortium partner revealed a last-minute corporate structure change.

Marketability 98

Marketability 98

The Guardian M&A

JANUARY 30, 2024

Legal move stops any changes to top management and editorial executives until investigations are complete Telegraph could become ‘PR arm’ of UAE after takeover, MPs warned The UK government has issued a legal order stopping a UAE-backed consortium from meddling with the Telegraph, including making any changes to top management and editorial executives, (..)

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NYT M&A

MARCH 16, 2024

The main lender for SaltWire, which owns most of the region’s legacy newspapers outside New Brunswick, has moved to dissolve the publisher.

Mergers & Acquisitions 131

Mergers & Acquisitions 131

The Guardian M&A

JANUARY 24, 2024

Move follows last-minute change in corporate structure of Barclay family’s UAE-backed consortium The government has said it intends to launch a second investigation into the Barclay family’s complex deal to transfer control of the Telegraph, after its UAE-backed consortium partner revealed a last-minute corporate structure change that has raised public (..)

Marketability 92

Marketability 92

Internal Audit 360

APRIL 13, 2023

My 10 Areas to Rethink While this list might be taken as criticism, I hope it is instead viewed more as deliberative observation, similar to views in an opinion editorial (op-ed) in a newspaper. I have proposed language for each of these three elements in social media and am happy to make them available for consideration.

Start-ups 110

Start-ups 110

The Guardian M&A

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Jeff Zucker of Abu Dhabi-backed Redbird IMI insists editorial independence of titles would be protected The US boss of the Abu Dhabi-backed company that is the frontrunner to acquire the Telegraph has accused rival bidders of hypocrisy and reiterated a pledge to the UK government that he would guarantee the newspaper’s editorial independence.

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NYT M&A

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

British regulators announced a review into whether the bid, backed mostly by funds from the United Arab Emirates, could result in adverse foreign influence over the British press.

Mergers & Acquisitions 94

Mergers & Acquisitions 94

NYT M&A

JANUARY 15, 2024

Smith bought the newspaper and its sister publications in a private deal with Alden Global Capital, their owner since 2021.

Mergers & Acquisitions 110

Mergers & Acquisitions 110

Appraiser Newsroom

JULY 9, 2023

Vara has been cited in more than 40 major media outlets including The Art Newspaper, Forbes, Artnews, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. She is an award-winning past Board Member for AAA and NYU Educator, recognized for her contributions to the field of appraisal studies.

Appraisal 40

Appraisal Fair Market Value Marketability Business Valuation 40

NYT M&A

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The 92-year-old media tycoon is set to become chairman emeritus of Fox and News Corporation, but he still wields considerable power over the empire he built.

Mergers & Acquisitions 94

Mergers & Acquisitions 94

The Guardian M&A

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Latest selloff takes total sale this year to $23bn and follows loss of world’s richest man title Elon Musk has sold a further $3.6bn worth of shares in Tesla, in the same week that he lost the title of world’s richest man to France’s Bernard Arnault.

Technology 98

Technology 98

The Guardian M&A

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The $44bn deal will give world’s richest man control of social media platform with more than 230m users Elon Musk has completed his $44bn takeover of Twitter, taking control of the company and reportedly firing several top executives, including the chief executive, Parag Agrawal.

Mergers & Acquisitions 98

Mergers & Acquisitions Technology 98

The Guardian M&A

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Shares taken off stock exchange as world’s richest man completes deal to buy social media platform The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn acquisition of Twitter, amid warnings from politicians and campaigners that hate speech on the platform must be held in check.

Mergers & Acquisitions 98

Mergers & Acquisitions Technology 98

NYT M&A

JULY 11, 2023

The National Trust for Local News will take over five of the six daily papers in the state and 17 weeklies.

Mergers & Acquisitions 98

Mergers & Acquisitions 98

The Guardian M&A

JULY 10, 2022

The Tesla chief executive told Twitter on Friday that he is terminating the deal, citing concerns over the number of spam accounts on the social media platform. Elon Musk could be forced by a US court to complete his $44bn takeover of Twitter, according to legal experts, despite pulling the plug on the transaction. Continue reading.

Technology 98

Technology 98

The Guardian M&A

JULY 10, 2022

The move sets the stage for a legal battle between the world’s richest man and the social media platform. Here we explain what happens next, and whether Musk has a chance of succeeding. Continue reading.

Mergers & Acquisitions 94

Mergers & Acquisitions Technology 94

The Guardian M&A

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.

Technology 76

Technology 76

The Guardian M&A

APRIL 14, 2022

Analysis: Musk’s past musings about Twitter show desire to reshape essence of its business model Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for more than $40bn It turns out he wasn’t in “goblin mode” after all.

Mergers & Acquisitions 98

Mergers & Acquisitions Technology 98