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2019 mergers and acquisitions

  • Inverse (website)Dave Nemetz launched Inverse in 2015 as an online magazine focused on technology, science, and culture. The site began operations with seed funding and…
  • Crunchyroll Store AustraliaTim Anderson and Paul Wiegard established Madman Entertainment in 1996 as a mail order business. They targeted the Australian market with imported anime…
  • Game (retailer)Peter Wickins and Neil Taylor opened the first Game store in April 1990. They aimed to exploit a growing market for entertainment software and hardware.
  • MyspaceOn the 1st of August 2003, a group of employees from eUniverse launched MySpace in just ten days. Brad Greenspan oversaw the project while Chris DeWolfe…
  • Sports IllustratedHenry Luce stood at the edge of a business gamble in 1954. He was not a sports fan, yet he pushed to launch Sports Illustrated on August 9 that year.
  • TumblrIn 2006, a software consultant named David Karp found himself with a two-week gap between contracts at his company, Davidville.
  • NMEOn the 14th of November 1952, a newspaper called New Musical Express printed its first UK Singles Chart. This list featured twelve songs and was compiled…
  • Leonine HoldingOn the 27th of April 1970, author and producer Walter Ulbrich established Tele München Group in Munich. The company began with a singular mission to create…
  • WABC (AM)In November 1920, the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company established its first broadcasting station, KDKA, located in East Pittsburgh.
  • TheStreetJim Cramer and Marty Peretz launched TheStreet in 1996 as a financial news website. The company went public in May 1999 under the leadership of CEO Kevin…
  • New York (magazine)The first issue of New York magazine hit newsstands on the 8th of April 1968. Clay Felker and Milton Glaser launched the publication as a direct competitor…
  • Oaktree Capital ManagementIn 1995, a group of former TCW Group principals established Oaktree Capital Management in Los Angeles. Within three months of that founding, more than 30 TCW…
  • HamleysWilliam Hamley opened a toy shop called Noah's Ark at No. 231 High Holborn, London, in 1760. The business remained within the family for over a century…