Greg Roumeliotis, corporate finance and deals editor at Reuters, sent out the following announcement on Monday: I’m excited to announce that Echo Wang has joined the deals team in New York to cover cross-border...
New York Times business reporter Peter Eavis, who once thought covering mergers and acquisitions was boring, has changed his opinion. Eavis writes, “But when a big deal comes up, reporters might best serve readers...
Financial news site TheStreet.com has agreed to a deal where it will be acquired by The Maven Inc. for $16.5 million. The Maven is a group of media brands operating on a shared digital...
Reorg has hired David Carnevali as a senior editor. He started on Monday and will be developing a platform at Reorg within an existing product, Reorg M&A, focused on providing breaking news content on...
Sports Illustrated magazine has been sold for $110 million to a company that specializes in managing fashion, entertainment and sports brands, including marketing rights to Shaquille O’Neal and Muhammad Ali. Tali Arbel of the Associated...
Mergermarket is a business development tool designed specifically for the M&A sector, providing proprietary intelligence and analysis on corporate strategy before that strategy becomes public knowledge. Our network of M&A Journalists and Analysts talk...
Ion Group, the Irish software and data company, is buying Acuris – which owns Mergermarket, Debtwire and other financial-information products – from BC Partners for $1.7 billion, including debt. Liam Proud of Reuters Breakingviews...
Elizabeth Fournier, managing editor of U.S. deals coverage at Bloomberg News, sent out the following announcement on Tuesday: Hi all, I’m very excited to announce that Liana Baker will be joining Bloomberg as our...
Hudson’s Bay Co. said it is pursuing strategic alternatives for Lord & Taylor, including a possible sale or merger of the department-store chain. Suzanne Kapner of The Wall Street Journal had the news: The discussions center on...
Verizon is seeking a buyer for Tumblr, the blogging platform it acquired along with other Yahoo assets in 2017. Chris Welch of The Verge had the news: On Thursday evening, Pornhub VP Corey Price claimed in...
