A fascinating interview has just been published in the Press Gazette.
The interviewer is The Genteel Hustler, otherwise known as Will Turvill, an incredibly polite but very persistent young hack. The interviewee is The Kleinmanator, otherwise known as Mark Kleinman, City Editor of Sky News and one of the most profilic merger and acquisition scoopsters working in UK media. Below is the link to the piece:..
The venerable Wall Street Journal is getting down and dirty with British sports hacks with a "scoop" about how Todd Boehly's consortium has been chosen to enter into "exclusive" discussions to buy Chelsea FC...
You know the rumours about a potential sale of Chelsea FC are serious when the venerable Wall Street Journal finally decides to get on the story.
The WSJ has just published a piece claiming Roman Abramovich is seeking takeover bids for Chelsea FC, which has won the European champions league twice, ahead of the Russian tycoon being hit by financial sanctions. Below is the link:..
American financial media heavyweights TheWall Street Journal and Bloomberg were both claiming to have landed the scoop about Microsoft's $70 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard.
They both published within minutes of each other but because little old Betaville was lunching with a friendly flack it was hard to tell which media outfit published the scoop first...
The venerable Wall Street Journal has dug out a Friday afternoon corker of a deal scoop.
Hacks at the WSJ just revealed McAfee, the US-listed computer and security software company, is on the verge of being sold to Advent International, which is well known on UK shores for gobbling up defence companies such as Cobham and Ultra Electronics. Below is a link to the WSJ tale:..
The London market hasn't even yet opened for its first full day of trading of the New Year but already there is fresh multi-billion bid on the table.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that MGM has submitted a $10 billion takeover approach for Entain, which was formerly known as GVC and owns the bookeeper Ladbrokes. Below is the link:..
Another day, another US shale deal.
This time round the venerable Wall Street Journal has landed a scoop about Pioneer Natural Resources Company bid for Parsley Energy Inc in what would be a $4.1 billion takeover. Below is a link to the WSJ tale:..
Oh look: now the venerable Wall Street Journal and my former employer, The Daily Telegraph, are reporting Apollo's £3 billion takeover of RPC is set to be announced tomorrow morning. Below are the links:..
The venerable Wall Street Journal has just landed a cracking scoop about Mondelez submitting a $23 billion takeover bid for rival Hershey. Hat tip to those hacks who dug up that jackanory. Here is a link to their piece:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/mondelez-makes-takeover-bid-for-hershey-1467297248..