List of 31 Acquired Media Companies in Ohio

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Central Ohio Advertiser Network Acquired TEGNA 2007-06-19 Carroll, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
School-Age NOTES, Inc. Acquired Alphabest Education, Inc. 2011-08-07 New Albany, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
American ED TV Acquired MindRocket Media Group 2017-10-11 Granville, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
SBC Advertising Ltd Acquired Eastport Holdings 2012-12-31 Columbus, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
ASR Group Acquired Ascential 2021-07-16 $122M Columbus, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-
TvOne Acquired ACT Entertainment 2023-12-19 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
Smart Business Network Acquired Vistage 2025-10-22 Cleveland, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
Broadband Integrated Resources Ltd. Acquired Avnet 2010-10-04 Worthington, Ohio, United States	Media	10	-	-	-
Content Marketing Institute Acquired UBM 2016-06-01 $17.6M Ohio, United States	Media	9	-	-	-
Heartland Jockey Club Ltd. Acquired PENN Entertainment 2010-07-01 Grove City, Ohio, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
The E. W. Scripps Company - WPIX Acquired Mission Broadcasting, Inc. 2020-12-30 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-
The E. W. Scripps Company - Milwaukee Radio Stations Acquired Good Karma Brands LLC 2018-07-27 $16M Cincinnati, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-
The E. W. Scripps Company - Radio Stations Acquired Griffin Communications 2018-06-25 $12.5M Cincinnati, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-
F+W Media - HOW Design Events Acquired Emerald 2015-10-14 Blue Ash, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-
SEEN Digital Media, Inc. Acquired ICX Media, Inc. 2018-06-06 Dublin, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-
Front Door Insights LLC Acquired Mobivity 2013-05-21 Malvern, Ohio, United States	Media	-	-	-	-

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