Classifieds site Oodle carved up between three bidders
Oodle was one of the largest digital classified ad operators. Now it has fallen in to multiple hands after Adzuna snaps up UK assets of the firm recently sold to QVC.
Buying another classified site, Axel Springer sees digital filling print gap
German publisher Axel Springer is buying heavily in to European classified sites to court digital and international growth. Snapping up Belgian property service Immoweb, it says the move will make up for a weakening print ad sector.
Paywall provider Piano buys cookie-beater to build a better meter
Central Europe’s Piano Media has tried to build nationwide shared “paywalls” for dozens of news sites. Now it is acquiring a technology startup to offer news meters that can’t be defeated by deleting cookies.
Local news super roll-up: UK publishing rivals may face future together
From the death spiral of ad downturn, digital audience migration and a thousand cuts, one man emerges to try some long-expected consolidation in the local news market. But can the proposed Local World company get going?
Penguin Random House aims to attack digital, emerging ebooks markets
Last week’s report is now confirmed, after Pearson and Bertelsmann took the weekend to hammer out a merger of their book publishers. But what is the rationale behind the big deal?
German publishers want to buy Xing, dump online games
Magazine publisher Burda wants to take complete ownership of LinkedIn rival Xing, while rival Axel Springer is selling a games site to focus on its growing online content and classifieds business.
Another ads indie snapped up: Publicis bids €416 million for LBi
Consolidation is continuing apace in digital marketing, as one of advertising’s big four agencies lines up to buy one of the last remaining large specialist digital ad outfits.
Arqiva buys Connect TV to inject IPTV in to Freeview
“Freeview is shaking off the limitations of its spectrum,” is the declaration of a company that has been acquired by the UK’s big television infrastructure firm to inject internet content in to terrestrial broadcasts.
Perform’s online sports roll-up continues with Sportal acquisition
Bosses of fast-growing online sports broadcaster Perform Group earned millions last week when they cashed out some shares. But their company remains focused on building up by bolting on global sports sites.
Tesco fills the e-books piece of its digital puzzle by buying Mobcast
Facing off against Sainsbury’s with a string of digital content vendor acquisitions, Tesco is now buying e-book store maker Mobcast for £4.5 million to translate its success in the aisles to the net.