Artnews S.A. and BMP Media Holdings Complete Transaction Creating the World’s …

NEW YORK WARSAW--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BMP Media Holdings LLC has completed today the transaction to acquire 60% ownership in the Warsaw Stock Exchange listed Artnews S.A. (WSE: ATN) for a total consideration of PLN 63.86 million (US$ 16.9 million). As a result of this transaction, all of BMP Media Holdings art media publications including Art in America, The Magazine Antiques and Modern, as well as Artnews S.A. publications ARTnews, Art Business and its Read more [...]

Elizabeth May’s daughter among Green Party ballot-fillers in Quebec

The daughter of Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is among a group of candidates from British Columbia whom the party is using as ballot placeholders to ensure representation in all 78 Quebec ridings. Cate May Burton, 24, is the listed Green candidate in the riding of Berthier-Maskinongé, north of Montreal. Like other Green candidates in Quebec, it is unclear if she has any connection to the area she seeks to represent or if she has even visited it. May Burton was the subject of a flattering Read more [...]

French President Francois Hollande says there’s no alternative to a ‘Strong …

European nations can only overcome the challenges they face through greater unity, French President Francois Hollande said as he addressed the European Parliament alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel. With the European Union "facing new dramas and being set new challenges," Hollande said "nothing would be more pointless" than for nations to try to solve them on their own. He listed recent recessions, youth unemployment, refugees, and wars in the Middle East and Ukraine as events that raised Read more [...]

Agenda: An Open and shut case on an era of broadcasting at the BBC

So next year those who decline to pay for Sky must settle for two hours of daily highlights as another doyen bites the dust. The BBC once had a near-monopoly of world-renowned commentators, the likes of Bill McLaren, Dan Maskell, Peter O'Sullevan, David Coleman, John Motson, Murray Walker, and Ritchie Benaud. This does not just seem like the end of an era. It is. And if you want to comment on the revolution engulfing broadcasting, then you have just one day to do so. The BBC Charter is under Read more [...]

Business events, networking meetings and seminars listed in our diary

Comments (0) DIARY SPONSORED BY GIBBS DENLEY.7/10 – Health Enterprise East Innovation Showcase 2015, Wellcome Trust, Genome Campus. hee.org.uk/hee-innovation-day9/10 – Cambridge Business Club networking event, Trinity Centre, Cambridge Science Park, 10am-noon. Enterprising Women 0800 012 136512/10 – The new Arthur Rank Hospice. Gillespie Centre, Clare College, 6.30pm. Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry. 13/10 – Ada Lovelace Day Read more [...]

Apple iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus listed on Flipkart

TOI Tech | Oct 6, 2015, 01.06 PM ISTiPhone 6S is listed on Flipkart at a starting price of Rs 64,836, whereas the base variant of iPhone 6S Plus i... Read MoreNEW DELHI: While technology giant Apple is still to announce the pricing of its latest smartphones iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in India, the flagship devices have been listed on the country's top e-commerce website Flipkart. iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, available in gold, rose gold, and space grey colours, start at Rs 64,836 and Rs 74,117, Read more [...]

OpenText opens marketing wallet to all partners – CRN

Enterprise information management (EIM) vendor OpenText is making marketing cash available to all its partners for the first time as part of a wider channel push. Talking to CRN, OpenText chief marketing officer Adam Howatson revealed the NASDAQ-listed outfit has more than doubled its investment in the channel in its current financial year after creating a new MDF pot and loyalty and referral programmes for partners. Howatson urged SI, reseller and referral partners to get on board with Read more [...]

HUBweek events for Tuesday, Oct. 6

The first-ever HUBweek, a weeklong event dedicated to the intersection of art, science, and technology, will continue through Saturday at venues throughout Greater Boston. Founded by The Boston Globe, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts General Hospital, HUBweek will host speakers, performers, artists, and a variety of other guests. Listed below are the events for Tuesday, Oct. 6. Visit hubweek.org for registration information, Read more [...]