M&A Deal Summary |
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Date | 2014-05-02 |
Target | Harlequin Enterprises |
Sector | Publishing |
Buyer(s) | News Corp |
Sellers(s) | Torstar |
Deal Type | Divestiture |
Deal Value | 455M CAD |
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Category | Company |
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Founded | 2012 |
Sector | Diversified |
Employees | 25,000 |
Revenue | 9.9B USD (2023) |
News Corp is a diversified international media and entertainment company with operations in eight industry segments: filmed entertainment; television; cable network programming; direct broadcast satellite television; magazines and inserts; newspapers; book publishing; and other. The activities of News Corporation are conducted principally in the United States, Continental Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, Asia and the Pacific Basin. News Corp was formed in 2012 and is based in New York City.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 15 of 24 |
Sector (Publishing) | 1 of 2 |
Type (Divestiture) | 3 of 6 |
State (Ontario) | 1 of 1 |
Country (Canada) | 1 of 1 |
Year (2014) | 1 of 3 |
Size (of disclosed) | 8 of 14 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2013-12-20 |
Storyful
Dublin, Ireland Storyful discovers, verifies, acquires and distributes timely and relevant video and user-generated content to its partners. Storyful also provides social media dashboards, real-time discovery tools, feeds and analytics to its customers, allowing them to integrate video into their news or advertising efforts via online and mobile platforms and to monitor social conversations and sentiment. |
Buy | €18M |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2014-09-30 |
Move
San Jose, California, United States Move, Inc. is a provider of online real estate services, operates realtor.com®, which connects people to the essential, accurate information needed to identify their perfect home and to the REALTORS® whose expertise guides consumers through buying and selling. As the official website for the National Association of REALTORS®, realtor.com® empowers consumers to make smart home buying, selling and renting decisions by leveraging its direct, real-time connections with more than 800 multiple listing services (MLS) via all types of computers, tablets and smart telephones. |
Buy | $950M |
Category | Company |
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Founded | 1892 |
Sector | Publishing |
Revenue | 543M CAD (2018) |
Torstar Corp. is a broadly-based media company that publishes a daily newspaper, six regional daily newspapers in Ontario including The Hamilton Spectator, and more than 70 weekly community newspapers in Ontario; flyer distribution services: and digital properties including thestar.com (with local editions in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Halifax), wheels.ca, toronto.com, save.ca, a number of regional online sites and eyeReturn Marketing. Torstar Corp. was established in 1892 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
DEAL STATS | # |
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Overall | 4 of 4 |
Sector (Publishing) | 3 of 3 |
Type (Divestiture) | 4 of 4 |
State (Ontario) | 1 of 1 |
Country (Canada) | 1 of 1 |
Year (2014) | 1 of 1 |
Size (of disclosed) | 1 of 2 |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2008-07-13 |
Eyereturn Marketing
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Eyereturn Marketing, Inc. provides unified campaign control, empowering brands through consolidated attribution-based results in a single dashboard. Breaking free from walled gardens, Eyereturn has done away with layers of intermediaries, providing actionable data and insights across search, social, and display campaigns. Eyereturn Marketing is based in Ontario, Toronto. |
Buy | - |
DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
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2015-07-29 |
VerticalScope
Toronto, Ontario, Canada VerticalScope is a technology company that has built and operates a cloud-based digital platform for online enthusiast communities in high-consumer spending categories. VerticalScope’s mission is to enable people with common interests to connect, explore their passions and share knowledge about the things they love. VerticalScope was founded in 1999 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. |
Buy | - |