List of 2,466 Acquired Media Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
TEGNA Acquired Nexstar Media Group 2025-08-19 $6.2B Tysons, Virginia, United States website	Media	3,102	36	26	10
Meredith Acquired Dotdash Meredith 2021-10-06 $2.7B Des Moines, Iowa, United States website	Media	2,849	29	19	10
Viacom Acquired Paramount Skydance 2019-08-13 $15.4B New York, New York, United States website	Media	12,943	21	17	4
Ascential Acquired Informa 2025-04-24 $1.53709B London, United Kingdom website	Media	232	25	14	11
BMG Rights Management GmbH Acquired Bertelsmann 2013-04-02 Berlin, Germany website	Media	-	13	13	-
NBC Universal, Inc. Acquired Comcast 2013-02-12 New York, New York, United States website	Media	-	19	13	6
Playmaker Acquired Better Collective 2023-11-06 $198.33M Toronto, Ontario, Canada website	Media	-	11	11	-
Ziff Davis, Inc. (old) Acquired Ziff Davis 2012-11-16 $175M New York, New York, United States website	Media	-	13	11	2
Fairfax Media Acquired Nine Entertainment 2018-12-01 Pyrmont, Australia website	Media	1,207	16	11	5
iSentia Acquired Pulsar Group 2021-06-16 $67M Strawberry Hills, Australia website	Media	78	9	9	-
DMGT Acquired Rothermere Continuation 2021-11-03 London, United Kingdom website	Media	1,362	19	8	11
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Acquired Warner Bros. Discovery 2017-07-31 $14.6B Knoxville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	3,401	9	8	1
Sky plc Acquired Comcast 2018-09-22 $38.8B Isleworth, United Kingdom website	Media	18,419	10	8	2
ALM Media Acquired Law Business Research 2025-03-24 New York, New York, United States website	Media	-	7	7	-
Tribune Media Co. Acquired Nexstar Media Group 2018-12-03 $6.4B Chicago, Illinois, United States website	Media	1,849	14	7	7
Universal Music Group, Inc. Acquired Tencent Holdings 2020-03-31 Santa Monica, California, United States website	Media	-	8	7	1

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