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Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers pushed to loss as value of publishing rights falls and £50m is set aside to deal with continuing cost of hacking scandal

Chief Thomas Rabe looks to accelerate shift to digital video and online education

Websites including Le Monde, L’Equipe and Le Parisien join initiative explaining to users that apps starve them of the revenue needed to fund journalism

Nearly a quarter of UK households now subscribe to Netflix, with more than 1.4m joining in 2015

US-based energy and environment information giant IHS has announced it will merge with financial data company Markit. The all-share transaction is a mega-merger for the sector with an estimated equity value of more than $13 billion

Local newspaper publisher, whose titles include the Eastern Daily Press and Ham & High, achieves 20% increase without cutting staff

2015 saw a 15.8 percent year-over-year decline in the number of magazines sold on North American newsstands, according to data released today by MagNet, corresponding to a 13 percent drop in industry-wide newsstand revenue

Produced by Puzzler Media, in conjunction with King, the creator of the Candy Crush franchise, the new magazine replicates the fun of the game by combining authentic images and striking colours with all-new puzzle challenges, say the publishers.

Part entertainment channel, part promotional platform, Comic-Con International and Lionsgate will start up a subscription video on demand channel called Comic-Con HD.
The ad-free service will launch on May 7 as a beta test, leading up to its official start in June, ahead of its big annual Comic-Con International event in San Diego. Comic-Con and Lionsgate did not disclose consumer pricing for the channel

Retro, the historic motorsport show, is under new management – with the takeover being announced on the opening day of this year’s event

dmg events has announced the acquisition of long established Pan African exhibition organiser Exhibition Management Services Pty Ltd (EMS) – headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa

Zinio, a global digital magazine distributor, announced today a partnership with DPV Deutscher Pressevertrieb, Germany’s full-service magazine distribution provider

ITE Asia has acquired a 70% stake in the organiser of the Fastener Expo in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

Fastener Expo Shanghai is an annual event held at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center. Fastener Expo Guangzhou, was launched in 2013 and has just held its third edition at the Guangzhou Poly Trade Expo Center

Dentsu Aegis has continued its push into the creative market, turning its attention to New Zealand with a majority shareholding in Barnes, Catmur & Friends

WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company, AKQA, the leading digital services agency, has acquired a majority stake in the holding company of digital agency Potato. Potato specialises in designing and building complex, secure and scalable web applications. Its work sits at the heart of many influential marketing campaigns

Time Inc. UK today announces the sale of its Motoring brands to Kelsey Media. The deal sees Kelsey acquire VolksWorld, VolksWorld Camper & Bus and VWt, as well as the annual VolksWorld Show and VolksWorld Camper & Bus Show, with immediate effect. There will be no interruption to the publishing schedules of the three print titles

German media group’s online expansion helps offset falling revenues from newspaper operations

Advertising group made strong end to 2015 and is above target this year, but its chief says there is uncertainty

More than one in five British adults now say they use ad-blockers, according to the latest research from the IAB

US group hires advisers to examine options as operating loss for fourth quarter hits $382m