Ziff Davis Acquires Equity Stake in CNET

Ziff Davis Acquires Lifehacker (asset)

April 6, 2023

Media & Entertainment

Ziff Davis, Inc. completed the acquisition of the Lifehacker asset in Q1 2023. The purchase (terms not disclosed) is intended to grow Ziff Davis's global audience, provide access to new markets and expand its product lineup.

Ziff Davis / IGN Entertainment Acquires Gamer Network

July 2, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Ziff Davis, through its IGN Entertainment division, acquired Gamer Network, a U.K.-based portfolio of gaming and entertainment publications including Eurogamer, GamesIndustry.biz, VG247 and Rock Paper Shotgun. The purchase (terms not disclosed) expands Ziff Davis/IGN's global audience, product lineup and presence in the U.K. gaming media market; the assets were acquired from ReedPop.

Ziff Davis Acquires 1TwentyFour and CellRebel

October 4, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Ziff Davis, Inc. completed two acquisitions in Q3 2022, acquiring asset(s) related to 1TwentyFour (entertainment, U.S.) and an equity stake in CellRebel (connectivity, Sweden). Terms were not disclosed and the company said the transactions are not expected to be material to its financials; the deals expand Ziff Davis’ global customer base and product lineup.

1WorldSync Acquires CNET Content Solutions from Red Ventures

November 23, 2020

E-Commerce

1WorldSync, a portfolio company of Battery Ventures, has agreed to acquire CNET Content Solutions (CCS) from Red Ventures, with the transaction expected to close in Q4 2020. The deal expands 1WorldSync’s product content creation and syndication capabilities—adding CCS’s content-as-a-service, DataSource and ContentCast offerings to 1WorldSync’s Content Acceleration suite to serve retailers, manufacturers and marketplaces.

Netcapital Inc. Acquires 10% Stake in Caesar Media Group, Inc.

October 28, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Netcapital Inc. acquired a 10% equity stake in Caesar Media Group, Inc., a marketing and technology solutions provider. The minority investment is intended to enable Caesar Media Group to provide lead generation, SEO, website development and other digital marketing services to Netcapital's private-company clients and strengthen marketing resources for Netcapital's platform users.

Investing.com Acquires StreetInsider.com

March 27, 2023

Media & Entertainment

Investing.com has completed the acquisition and integration of StreetInsider.com to expand its premium market-moving news feeds and enhance its InvestingPro subscription offering. The deal folds StreetInsider’s real-time breaking-news services and paywalled feeds into Investing.com’s platform to broaden content capabilities for retail investors while StreetInsider continues to operate as a stand-alone service for select feeds.