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...One of the “big five” academic publishers alongside Elsevier, SAGE, Springer Nature and Taylor & Francis, Wiley’s research publishing division reported revenues of $659mn in the nine months to January 31...
...In 2017, academic publishers Springer Nature and Cambridge University Press were criticised after it emerged they had each blocked hundreds of articles from being accessed in China....
...Nine industry associations, representing companies including Facebook and Axel Springer, the owner of Bild, Die Welt and Insider, filed the complaint on Monday with Germany’s competition regulator....
...Axel Springer, the German publishing group backed by private equity firm KKR, bought Politico, which was also co-founded by VandeHei, for about $1bn a year ago....
...After losing out to Nikkei in the race to buy the FT in 2015, Axel Springer acquired Insider Inc, the publisher of Business Insider, and now owns a host of other digital news and classified sites....
...The latest probe comes after a group of Germany’s largest media, tech and advertising companies, and industry bodies representing companies including Facebook and Axel Springer, the owner of Bild, Die Welt...
...It has bought Politico and Insider Inc, the publisher of Business Insider, in recent years, after losing out to Nikkei in the race to buy the Financial Times in 2015....
...Berlin-based Axel Springer has pursued expansion beyond its domestic market in recent years....
...Its chief, Dan Springer, had already sold $82m worth of shares in the company earlier in the year, according to InsiderScore....
...Its market capitalisation stands at about 1.5 times its annual revenue, while Axel Springer in August agreed to acquire digital news site Politico for $1bn — about five times its revenue....
...(FT) Culture warriors The culture at Axel Springer and the personnel interventions of its ambitious chief executive Mathias Döpfner are now in the spotlight following the dismissal of the editor of its...
...Smart reads Front-page dealmaking Axel Springer’s purchase of Politico made Robert Allbritton one of the most successful media investors of this century....
...Javier Espinoza in Brussels reports nine industry associations, representing companies including Facebook and Axel Springer, the owner of Bild, Die Welt and Insider, filed the complaint with Germany’s competition...
...The private equity firms, Axel Springer, eBay and Naspers all declined to comment....
...Sam the Springer Spaniel Jonathan Black is director of the Careers Service at the University of Oxford. Every fortnight he answers your questions on personal and career development, and working life....
...Kita was instrumental in defeating Axel Springer in the $1.3bn bidding war to buy the FT in 2015....
...post at the newly formed Springer Nature....
...Mathias Döpfner, chief executive of Axel Springer, points to “this combination of the nerdy, intellectual approach to tech and a very broad, big picture, long-term political world view” to explain why he...
...Read up on the fallen Wall Street analyst turned financial media mogul, who managed to convince Germany’s Axel Springer to pay over $343m for his company in 2015....
...FT) Stumpf to pay $17.5m over Wells Fargo fake accounts (FT) Hong Kong-listed group crashes 90% after suspension lifted (FT) Goldman to insist companies it takes public have diverse boards (FT) Axel Springer...
...Private equity buyout volumes in Germany have surged to pre-crisis levels with the help of KKR’s acquisition of a minority stake in Axel Springer and Carlyle and Bain’s €3.4bn offer to buy lighting company...
...In recent months, German media group Axel Springer has emerged as a possible buyer of the classifieds unit, which is estimated to be worth about $10bn....
...Other trade buyers — including rating agency Moody’s, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Germany’s Axel Springer — found the price tag too steep....
...It can hardly be a coincidence that Mathias Döpfner, boss of German publisher Axel Springer, joined the Netflix board this week. New content should bolster a brand that is already formidably strong....
...The company in 2015 struck a joint venture agreement with Axel Springer, the German media company, to launch a European version of its website and newsletter and has since hired more than 100 employees across...
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