- Contentville. Whatever happened to that?
- Brill's Content? Started by the heir to a streetcar manufacturing company.
- Vice Media is in bankruptcy and about to be sold.
- Gawker - crushed by Peter Thiel.
Any big successes?
Politico - Sold for $1 billion to Axel Springer.
Barstool Sports - Sold for $390 million to Penn National Gaming.
The Athletic - Acquired by the New York Times for $550 millio.
- Aging Media (sold yesterday to PE) - Morning Brew (sold for $75M) - Blockworks bootstrapped and just raised first round at $135M valuation with $25M revenue - Skift is a profitable media venture - Industry Dive (sold for $530M) - Politico (sold for $1B)
You also have established companies like Informa.