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Blackstone buying MacWorld, ComputerWorld publisher IDG for $1.3 billion Credit: IDG Blackstone signaled plans to purchase IDG from Oriental Rainbow, a subsidiary of China Oceanwide Holdings Group, on Thursday. IDG is a market intelligence firm that also owns several technology publications. The deal means that Blackstone now owns analysis firm IDC, as well as tech publications like Macworld, CIO, and Tech Hive. IDG's media arm used to be a powerhouse in the '90s, but has since faded because of continuing pressure on the publishing industry. "The high-quality data, analytics, and insights ...

If ever there was a tag destined to weigh down a young playmaker trying to make his way at Brisbane it's "the next Allan Langer". No pressure. Similarly at Parramatta, where the search for "the next Peter Sterling" went unfulfilled for three decades until Mitch Moses's coming of age in the past three seasons. Both members of the Hall of Fame, both four-time premiership winners, Alfie and Sterlo boast CVs that may never be matched, but that hasn't spared their successors from the inevitable comparisons and pining for the good old days. In Brisbane, it has been 15 years since "accidental hero" ...

Global private equity major Blackstone Group has elevated Amit Dixit , senior managing director, co-head of Asia Acquisitions, and head of India for Blackstone Private Equity to the post of Asia private equity head, among a series of international promotions, Wall Street Journal said in a report. Dixit received an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MS in Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Dixit joined Blackstone in 2007 from another US-based PE major Warburg Pincus. Blackstone did not offer any comments for the story . Blackst...

Belfast's Travi the Native on debut EP, the NI musician he admires and his expanding Paris wardrobe NI's own Travis Gilbert is releasing God Only Calls The House Phone on Thursday Travi the Native is releasing his debut EP (Image: Shane Walsh) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have mo...

The Drum's senior reporter and media correspondent John McCarthy rounds up the latest media trends and developments. Also available in your inbox every Thursday as The Drum's Future of Media email briefing. Sign up here. This is an extract from The Drum’s Future of Media briefing. You can subscribe to it here Welcome back to your Future of Media briefing from media editor John McCarthy. This week we've been inundated with ID talk and preparing for our TV deep-dive later this month. ID Ideas Over the last few weeks, my inbox has been filled by ID solutions all jostling for attention and sp...