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Gannett to buy Belo for $1.5 billion cash, to assume debt also
(Reuters) – Media company Gannett Co Inc said on Thursday that it agreed to pay $1.5 billion in cash to buy Belo Corp and assume $715 million in debt, giving television company Belo an enterprise value of $2.2 billion. The deal, which represents a 28.1 percent premium on Belo’s Wednesday closing price, would make Gannett […]
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PwC: the U.S. consumer ebook market will be bigger than the print book market by 2017
June 7, 2013
by Laura Hazard Owen SUMMARY: Analyst firm PwC thinks that the U.S. trade ebook market will surpass the size of the print book market by 2017.
Posted in: Books & Ebooks
What digital media will look like in 2017 – highlights from PwC’s report
June 7, 2013
by Jeff John Roberts SUMMARY:A leading consulting firm just put out its annual report on the entertainment and media industry. Here’s some highlights, including ones that show why it’s a good time to be in the content business.
Posted in: Books & Ebooks, World Investments
Herald brings in metered payment for digital content
June 7, 2013
Fairfax Media is to introduce subscriptions for the digital versions of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age next month, 18 years after the launch of the newspapers’ websites. From July 2, visitors to the websites smh.com.au and theage.com.au and their mobile versions will have free access to the first 30 articles they click each […]
New Zealand will be going behind a paywall
June 7, 2013
Online Fairfax publications in New Zealand will be going behind a paywall, but when or how is still up for investigation, the news organisation’s head says. Acting managing director Andrew Boyle saidpaywalls here were only a matter of time. ‘‘We’ve seen enough offshore in other publishing operations and we will learn a great deal from what happens […]
Posted in: HYPERLOCAL, News-Trend
Unsatisfied with Existing Paywall Options, Girls Chase Releases Its Own
June 7, 2013
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 After exploring all the major options on the market last fall, the team at Girls Chase made a hard decision: the company would build its own paywall. And the results are just in: the paywall’s a flying success. “We’ve had hundreds of visitors sign up for subscriptions in […]
Posted in: HYPERLOCAL, News-Trend
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Mergers News
- Media Merger Mania and the Obama FCC - New America Foundation (blog) June 18, 2013
- How A Merger Could Affect Congress' Favorite Airport - Wyoming Public Media June 19, 2013
- The Landscape for Mergers and Acquisitions in LED Lighting - Greentech Media June 14, 2013
- Time Warner Cable, Charter Shares Jump on Merger Speculation - Bloomberg June 15, 2013
- Media mergers bill waits turn on the A list - Irish Times May 30, 2013
- AK Steel Receives Award For Best Mergers and Acquisitions - SYS-CON Media (press release) June 19, 2013
- Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Central European Media ... - Invest in EU June 14, 2013
- Notable Mergers and Acquisitions of the Day 06/06: (PEP)/(KO)/(SODA) (MEG ... - StreetInsider.com (subscription) June 6, 2013
- Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions - Reuters June 19, 2013
- What's Next for Hemisphere Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:HMTV) After Mergers - SBWire (press release) May 21, 2013
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