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Consumers Union’s New Consumer Media Unit Could Expand Beyond Consumerist; No Paid Ads Allowed

Dec 31, 2008 6:08 PM

Consumers Union’s new non-profit subsidiary Consumer Media LLC launches on Jan. 1 with newly acquired Consumerist.com as its only property but the announcement release stressed that it’s the first. Does this mean more acquisitions are on the way? “The short answer is we don’t know,” Ken Weine, VP-communications, told us.…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Social Media, Nanopublishing, consumer union

Consumers Union To Buy Gawker’s Consumerist.com

Staci D. Kramer

Dec 30, 2008 6:40 PM

Consumers Union is buying Consumerist.com from Gawker Media, according to the New York Times—meshing the non-profit publisher’s interest in expanding its reach to a younger online crowd with Nick Denton’s latest blog diet. (The Times, the average age of a print Consumer Reports sub is 60 and ConsumerReports.com is 50,…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Magazines, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Nanopublishing, consumer union, consumerist.com, gawker, nick denton