What does the sale of an online content or media business look like? This report shares data and stories behind the acquisitions of a variety of content and media companies.
Despite “print is dead” naysayers, Courier Media built a global publishing company for entrepreneurs and attracted an acquisition offer from one of its prominent advertisers: MailChimp.
Skyrocketing demand for information about half-marathons had helped Terrell Johnson earn about $1.2 million from his content site. But he wasn’t sure he wanted to keep up that pace.
The New Stack provided developers with context on new technologies. Its success in building a community attracted a well-heeled buyer: the global VC Insight Partners.
While studying to be a dietitian, Kaleigh McMordie launched a food blog. She grew Lively Table to over 200,000 monthly visitors before selling the site.
A school librarian and social studies teacher built an online business that easily replaced their salaries, then used a broker to sell for more than $1 million.
Spencer Haws grew Own The Yard, a blog dedicated to backyard life, as a public case study, showing the power of content websites. He sold it three years after launch.
UNO Magazine was about to go under when entrepreneur couple Jenny Rudd and Mathew Tomlinson purchased it. The two turned it around with a strong focus on processes.
Founder Chris Coyier ran CSS-Tricks for 15 years before capitalizing on search traffic to sell to a cloud computing platform company that wanted access to the audience.
