A profile of the New York Sun owner Dovid Efune, amid concerns from Telegraph's staff about his extreme X posts on the Israel-Hamas conflict (The Guardian)

Mediagazer: A profile of the New York Sun owner Dovid Efune, amid concerns from Telegraph's staff about his extreme X posts on the Israel-Hamas conflict (The Guardian)

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Financial Times:

Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered— Offer could end 16-month battle to control the conservative British national newspaper — New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is closing …
Discussion: Adweek, The Media Leader, Bloomberg, @danielthomasldn and Hindustan Times

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Brad Pareso /
Adweek: New York Sun Owner Dovid Efune Closes In on £550M ($719.5M) Deal for UK's Telegraph

Daniel Thomas /
@danielthomasldn: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is closing in on a deal to buy the Telegraph for more than £550m - agreement expected as early as Monday. Story soon on https://ft.com/ with @JFK_America @IvanLevingston Hindustan Times: Business News LIVE Updates Today October 7, 2024: New York Sun owner nears £550 million deal for Telegraph newspaper: Report

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The Guardian:

A profile of the New York Sun owner Dovid Efune, amid concerns from Telegraph's staff about his extreme X posts on the Israel-Hamas conflict— Alarm among staff at potential new owner, who has backed fighting Hamas ‘with every report and headline’ — A little over a decade ago Dovid Efune …

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Tom Saunders /
The Times: New York Sun owner closing in on deal to buy Telegraph

The Hollywood Reporter:

Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes— The vice president and Democratic nominee has set a slew of media appearances this week, including a live interview with 'The View …

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New York Times, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, RedState, The Guardian, Page Six, @audiecornish, PR Daily, @maxwelltani, The Daily Beast, Twitchy, @victorshi2020, @jaspertylerkane, @laurachapin, American Greatness, @notcapnamerica, WAGA-TV, ComingSoon.net, @brianstelter, Twin Cities, BizPac Review, Radio Ink, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap, UPI, @jessefferguson, @nancytwinmama, @authorrandallb, @peterdkramer, @morgan_murphy, Politico, Vanity Fair, @amy_siskind, Cele|bitchy, @qondintini, Deadline, Raw Story, Axios, Washington Post, @aaronparnas, Digital Trends, CBS News, CNN, Althouse, Spotify, Bloomberg, Variety, CNBC, Rolling Stone, The Gateway Pundit and Just Jared

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Reid J. Epstein /
New York Times: Harris Will Appear in a Whirlwind of Interviews, Most of Them Friendly

Jenny Goldsberry /
Washington Examiner: Harris ramps up media appearances with friendly hosts as Election Day approaches

Bonchie /
RedState: Next Migraine-Inducing Clip of Kamala Harris' 60 Minutes Interview Drops, Interviewer Calls Her Out

Chris Stein /
The Guardian: Kamala Harris seeks to gain election edge over Donald Trump with media blitz - US politics live

Riley Cardoza /
Page Six: ‘Call Her Daddy’ host Alex Cooper defends Kamala Harris interview, reveals she also invited Donald Trump

Audie Cornish /
@audiecornish: Sorry haters. The Call Her Daddy interview was well conducted. Questions delivered were smart and straightforward. There are a lot journos who have lost the plot about why candidates are doing this. Absolutely some of it is to escape tough questioning. Also/And...

Max Tani /
@maxwelltani: I think for years some in national media assumed that politicians did interviews because they at least somewhat agreed that they were accountable to the public, when the reality was that national media was just the most efficient way to reach the most people.

Sean Craig /
The Daily Beast: ‘Fox & Friends’ Ainsley Earhardt Worries Kamala Harris Sounded Too Good on ‘Call Her Daddy’

Sam J. /
Twitchy: HOOBOY! Kamala's 60 Minutes Interview SO BAD People are Wondering if English Is Her 1st Language (Watch)

Victor Shi /
@victorshi2020: Hear me out: More people my age have texted me personally saying they listened to VP Harris on Alex Cooper Call Her Daddy podcast compared to any other legacy media source. And they say they now know VP Harris so much better. The Harris campaign knows what it's doing.

Ed Kane Cudahy /
@jaspertylerkane: She never avoided the media. She had her own plan that didn't include your rag

Laura Chapin /
@laurachapin: VP Harris did an interview with the Call Her Daddy podcast that ranks second only to Joe Rogan on Spotify, averages 5 million listeners weekly, and reaches millions of young women 18-34. That will reach a whole lot more voters than talking to Politico.

Eric Lendrum /
American Greatness: Kamala Harris Schedules Multiple High-Profile Celebrity Interviews

Chris Evans /
@notcapnamerica: If Kamala skipped this interview it would be wall to wall front page news for weeks WAGA-TV: Kamala Harris discusses death of Georgia's Amber Thurman during ‘Call Her Daddy’ appearance

Disheeta Maheshwari /
ComingSoon.net: What Did Kamala Harris Say on the Call Her Daddy Podcast Interview?

Brian Stelter /
@brianstelter: News from the Kamala Harris campaign this morning: Harris is going on The View, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday. (Plus, as previously reported, she's on the 60 Minutes election special on Monday and doing a Univision town hall on Thursday.)

Josh Boak /
Twin Cities: Harris talks abortion and more on ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast as Democratic ticket steps up interviews

Chris Donaldson /
BizPac Review: ‘Call Her Daddy’ host asks Kamala why she wanted to do raunchy podcast

Ryan King /
New York Post: Kamala Harris makes no mention of accusations against husband Doug Emhoff, talks combating abuse during ‘Call Her Daddy’ interview

Meredith Blake /
Los Angeles Times: Kamala Harris to appear on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,’ ‘Call Her Daddy’ and ‘Howard Stern’

Stephanie Kaloi /
The Wrap: Kamala Harris Tells ‘Call Her Daddy’ That Trump Won't Be Women's ‘Protector’: ‘Same Guy’ Said ‘Women Should Be Punished’ for Abortions | Video

Jesse Ferguson /
@jessefferguson: DATA: Kamala Harris needs to reach people who are lower information & less involved in politics PUNDITS: Why isn't she doing that? HARRIS: Let's go on the largest audiences of real people (The View, Howard Stern, 60 Minutes, Call Her Daddy, Colbert) PUNDITS: More Sunday shows!

Nancy /
@nancytwinmama: Wild to say, but the Call Her Daddy interview was the most meaningful I've heard from a politician ever. For once, women & women's issues were centered. DV, child care, health care, abortion, economic freedom for women, all spoken in depth & w/o interruption. Excellent interview.

Randall Barnes /
@authorrandallb: Kamala Harris has and will interview with: -Howard Stern -Rickey Smiley -Call Her Daddy -Matt Barnes & Stephen Jackson (All The Smoke) -Oprah -60 Minutes -The View -Stephen Colbert -Dana Bash/CNN -Stephanie Ruhle/MSNBC -Univision But I'm told she isn't doing media. 🙄

Peter D. Kramer /
@peterdkramer: I saw this on-friendly-turf teaser and wondered, what are the odds that the story is by @reidepstein? I mean, Harris is going on 60 Minutes, not known for a softball approach. In @nytimes, it's not just the headlines, it's the tone of the reporting. https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]

Morgan Murphy /
@morgan_murphy: Call Her Daddy is arguably Kamala's biggest “show” to date. Just because a podcast isn't your thing doesn't mean it hasn't spent years surpassing your thing in popularity. Twitter has long been behind on media # shifts over the past decade & is perpetually surprised as a result. @amy_siskind: It dropped! Harris interviewed on most popular podcast for women, Call Her Daddy. She's also doing the View, 60 Minutes, Howard Stern and more this week. LFG!!! 🩵💙 https://podcasts.apple.com/...

Kaiser /
Cele|bitchy: Kamala Harris: A lot of women ‘are not aspiring to be humble. This is not the 1950s’ @qondintini: All the critiques about VP Kamala Harris not doing “serious interviews” miss how this convo, on “Call Her Daddy” on VP using the government to rectify the power imbalance of abuse/ control, is better than the gotcha “serious journalist” interviews [video]

Ted Johnson /
Deadline: Kamala Harris Also Will Guest On ‘The View’ And Howard Stern's Show In Interview Blitz

David Edwards /
Raw Story: Dem laughs in Trump supporter's face for claiming Harris doing ‘puff piece’ on 60 Minutes

Rebecca Falconer /
Axios: Harris hits Trump on abortion record in “Call Her Daddy” interview

Praveena Somasundaram /
Washington Post: Kamala Harris to appear on Alex Cooper's ‘Call Her Daddy’ podcast

Aaron Parnas /
@aaronparnas: Kamala Harris doesn't need to do a 30 minute interview with a CNN reporter when she can do a 30 minute interview on Call Her Daddy and reach many more voters. It's really that simple.

Joe Allen /
Digital Trends: Kamala Harris will make her late night debut as the Democratic nominee with Stephen Colbert

Aliza Chasan /
CBS News: Kamala Harris will speak with “60 Minutes” tomorrow. Here's what to know for the interview.

Ann Althouse /
Althouse: “After mostly avoiding interviews as her campaign began, the vice president will hold several this week, including with Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert and the hosts of ‘The View.’”

Michaela Zee /
Variety: Kamala Harris Says Donald Trump Is ‘Full of Lies’ on ‘Call Her Daddy’ Podcast: ‘I Just Have to Be Very Candid With You’

Rebecca Picciotto /
CNBC: Harris attacks Trump abortion record in sex-positive podcast ‘Call Her Daddy’ interview

Althea Legaspi /
Rolling Stone: Harris Slams Trump's Claim That He's a ‘Protector’ of Women on ‘Call Her Daddy’ Pod

Cristina Laila /
The Gateway Pundit: “Call Her Daddy” Host Asks Kamala Harris Why She Decided to Do Her Vulgar Sex Podcast But Not Substantive Interviews (VIDEO)

Wall Street Journal:

eMarketer expects Google's share of the US search ad market to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, Apple, and others make gains— A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market — Google's grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening.

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Paul Kedrosky /
@pkedrosky: WSJ: Google's share of the U.S. search ad market is expected to fall below 50% next year for the first time in over a decade Anecdotally, I use it much less than ever. https://www.wsj.com/... [image]

Dare Obasanjo /
@carnage4life@mas.to: Google is on track to dip below 50% of the search advertising market in the US. — While the Wall Street Journal hypes up TikTok & AI search engines like Perplexity as the cause, the largest gainer is Amazon which now has 22.3% share followed by the Apple's App Store search ads. …

Aravind Srinivas /
@aravsrinivas: Yep, search is going to be disrupted big time in the next five years. [image]

Joe Armendariz /
Joe Armendariz on LinkedIn: This story is as old as time—one innovation replacing another. It's the “gales of creative destruction,” a term coined by economist Joseph Schumpeter. …

Adam Epstein /
@aepstein_: Amazon's meteoric rise in share of search ad revenue this past decade will be matched in the next decade with a meteoric rise in share of tv ad revenue. [image]

John Ballard /
Motley Fool: Billionaires Are Betting Big on These FAANG Stocks, and This $700 Billion Opportunity Explains Why

Ashkan Karbasfrooshan /
@ashkan: Google didn't pioneer search ads, Goto/Overture did, but timing helped their superior search product become the dominant platform, reaping all the benefits. But, like all other disrupters, it's being disrupted by social, AI. https://www.wsj.com/...

Aravind Srinivas /
Aravind Srinivas on LinkedIn: Google search business is going to see big time disruption in the next few years from TikTok and answer engines like Perplexity, as per The Wall Street Journal https://lnkd.in/...

Brad Pareso /
Adweek: Publisher Traffic Spiked Thanks to Google's Gen AI Overview Tweaks as Ad Rollout Begins

Jess Weatherbed /
The Verge: Google is testing verified checkmarks in search

The Conversation:

As Congress tries to force carmakers to install AM radios as a matter of public interest, it should push licensed stations to abide by public interest standards— A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. — Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford …

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Barrett Media, RADIO ONLINE, Inside Radio, Radio Ink and Radio & Television …

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Dr. Ed Cohen /
Barrett Media: The “Radio For Every Home” Act of 2025

Lori Lewis /
Inside Radio: State AGs Urge Congress To Protect ‘Life-Saving’ AM Radio Following Hurricane Helene.

New York Times:

How SmartLess, a podcast by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes, became a rare cultural tent pole that continues to thrive after its pandemic birth— Started during the pandemic, this venture is the first step in a media empire being built by the actors Sean Hayes, Will Arnett and Jason Bateman.

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Sridhar Pappu on LinkedIn, Christina Wallace on LinkedIn, @frankdigiacomo, @stuartemmrich and Deadline

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Sridhar Pappu /
Sridhar Pappu on LinkedIn: “It's not lost on me,” Jason Bateman said, “personally, that the single most successful thing in my career is something that we never even thought was going to be a job.” …

Christina Wallace /
Christina Wallace on LinkedIn: “It's not lost on me, personally, that the single most successful thing in my career is something that we never even thought was going to be a job.” …

Frank DiGiacomo /
@frankdigiacomo: Super interesting and informative piece about ‘Smartless’ and the podcasting business by my friend @SridharPappu https://www.nytimes.com/...

Stuart Emmrich /
@stuartemmrich: The actors ⁦@SeanHayes⁩, ⁦@arnettwill⁩ and ⁦@batemanjason⁩ started the ⁦@SmartLess⁩ podcast in the middle of the pandemic. It's now a $100 million media business. Read the cover story in the ⁦@nytimes⁩ Sunday Business section https://www.nytimes.com/...

Semafor:

Substack, which still isn't profitable but has added 1M+ paid subscribers over the past year, is trying to become a primary way creators of all mediums get paid— Seven years since its launch, the newsletter platform Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business.

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Feed Me, Jason Whittaker on LinkedIn, @semafor, @emily_sundberg and @semaforben, more at Techmeme »

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Emily Sundberg /
Feed Me: The Daddy Gang is divided over that Kamala episode.

Jason Whittaker /
Jason Whittaker on LinkedIn: The “remarkable” rise of Substack, writes Maxwell Tani at SEMAFOR, with a million new subs in the last year - half via its recommendation engine, most news-based products: … @semafor: 🟡 NEW: Seven years since its launch, Substack has consolidated its dominance of the independent news business. Now, it's trying to position itself as something more, @maxwelltani reports. https://www.semafor.com/...

Emily Sundberg /
@emily_sundberg: Feed Me in @semafor tonight (thanks @maxwelltani) https://www.semafor.com/... [image]

Ben Smith /
@semaforben: .@maxwelltani mustread on what is going on with Substack, which seems to have won its lane — newsletters — but needs to move into others to succeed as a business and sell to ... Stripe? https://www.semafor.com/...

New York Times:

Former NYT investigative reporter David Burnham, whose work uncovering corruption in the NYPD during the 1970s inspired the movie Serpico, dies at the age of 91— Tipped off by the detective Frank Serpico, he wrote an explosive series on police corruption in New York City, sparking an investigation by the Knapp commission.

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@schwellenbach, @sergenyt, @proflhunter, @carlmalamud@official … and Deadline

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Nick Schwellenbach /
@schwellenbach: David had a huge influence on my approach to journalism, namely how important it is to take a systematic approach to covering government agencies. He was a generous and no-bullshit guy. We need more David Burnhams. R.I.P. David. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Serge Kovaleski /
@sergenyt: David Burnham, Times Reporter Who Exposed Police Graft, Dies at 91 Tipped off by the detective Frank Serpico, he wrote an explosive series on police corruption in New York City, sparking an investigation by the Knapp commission. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Larry Hunter /
@proflhunter: Sad to hear the great David Burnham died. In addition to his spectacular reporting, he founded the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, one of the first great sources of open data. A true hero. https://www.nytimes.com/...

Carl Malamud /
@carlmalamud@official.resource.org: I knew David fairly well. We were both working out of the ACLU offices next to the Supreme Court in Washington. He was a total curmudgeon but also totally sweet and generous with his time. He went on from there to create a wonderful FOIA center in New York, I did a deep dive into the Internet. …

Financial Times:

The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 agree to a deal with Amazon to put free streamer Freely, developed by joint venture Everyone TV, on Amazon's smart TVs— Agreement with US tech company is set to provide a boost to broadcasters' new platform Freely — BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 …

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Reuters, The Sun, Advanced Television, Broadband TV News, RXTV, Deadline and The Media Leader

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Sachin Ravikumar /
Reuters: Amazon Fire TVs to carry Freely streaming platform in boost for BBC and ITV

Jamie Harris /
The Sun: Amazon reveals major shake-up for Fire TVs with new free UK streaming service coming in days

Colin Mann /
Advanced Television: Freely on Fire TV

Julian Clover /
Broadband TV News: Freely agrees distribution deal with Amazon

Marc Thornham /
RXTV: Freeview replacement Freely coming to Amazon Fire TVs Deadline: ‘Downton Abbey’ Star Leading Channel 5 Drama ‘The Puzzle Lady’; Freely Amazon Deal; Cannes Directors Fortnight; Directv October 7 Anniversary - Global Briefs

Jack Benjamin /
The Media Leader: Freely comes to Amazon Fire TV

Bloomberg:

Ukraine says the country's hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down the online broadcasts of 20+ Russian broadcasters on Vladimir Putin's 72nd birthday— - Russian state media reported ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack — Disruption coincided with Russian president's 72nd birthday

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Reuters, HuffPost, GB News, @profwoodward, @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social and @lukolejnik, more at Techmeme »

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Kate Nicholson /
HuffPost: Putin Just Turned 72 - And Ukraine Has Delivered An ‘Unprecedented’ Birthday Present

James Saunders /
GB News: Putin suffers humiliation on his birthday as Ukraine hacks state TV in ‘unprecedented’ attack

Alan Woodward /
@profwoodward: Russian media group (including major TV stations) appears to be off the air due to a cyber attack https://www.gazeta.ru/... Its not clear what type of attack but it does seem they have confirmed it.

Kevin Beaumont /
@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social: Ukraine hacktivists have done a hack and wipe of a decently sized Russian broadcaster, including deleting their backups. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

Lukasz Olejnik /
@lukolejnik: Major Russian state media are down following to a cyberattack. “Online broadcasting and internal services are not working, there is no Internet or telephony”. Reports of data destruction (including backups) and expectation of long down-time. Rossia 1 and Rossia 24 (TV), in

Variety:

Amazon India completes its MX Player acquisition and merges it with Amazon miniTV to create new free streaming service Amazon MX Player— STREAMING SYNERGIES … The merged platform has over 250 million unique users in India, according to Amazon. — The service offers original shows like …

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Broadband TV News, WORLD SCREEN, Deadline, YourStory.com and Advanced Television

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Mansha Daswani /
WORLD SCREEN: Amazon Closes MX Player Acquisition

Jesse Whittock /
Deadline: Amazon Completes Deal For Indian Streamer MX Player

New York Times:

Watches of Switzerland Group, one of the world's largest watch retailers, buys watch enthusiast website Hodinkee and says its coverage will remain independent— Neither Benjamin Clymer, its founder, nor the Watches of Switzerland Group would disclose terms, but they stressed that coverage would continue to be independent.

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@reb40, @ilyakan2004, @kstahl, @hiddenvaluegems, @penttijokinen, @will__stern, @cllctmedia, @aspeciale, @rafat, @robbreport, @etkeld, London Evening Standard, The Mirror, City A.M., MarketWatch, Fortune, Forbes Australia, Coverager, Bloomberg, cllct, Hodinkee, Daniela Morena on LinkedIn, Benjamin Clymer on LinkedIn, Lorcan McCabe on LinkedIn, Katie Reed on LinkedIn and Adam Schoenberg on LinkedIn

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Aston Girl /
@reb40: #WOSG Acquisition of Hodinkee, a ‘leading platform for luxury watch enthusiasts’ We're not allowed to know what they paid or any financials except that “The acquisition will be funded out of existing financing facilities and will not materially impact our leverage position” 🤷🏻 ♀️ [image]

Ilya Kan /
@ilyakan2004: @Billhuang1223 @FundamentalGoob I think they overpaid vs other cash allocation opportunities. And from what I remember listening to a podcast with Hodinkee's founder it's a nice distribution platform but as a biz maybe just OK. Really depends on what they paid. Probably marginally profitable if even profitable

Kevin Stahl /
@kstahl: How much do you think John Mayer and Tom Brady just made in this Hodinkee / Watches of Switzerland deal?! @hiddenvaluegems: $WOSG.L acquires @Hodinkee - online watch reviews and a digital retailer of luxury watches. Congrats to Ben Clymer, the founder of Hodinkee. The price is not disclosed but according to WOSG, the deal “ will not materially impact [its] leverage position.” Looks like a good move [image]

Pentti Jokinen /
@penttijokinen: Opportunistic move in the watch industry slump, $WOSG Watches of Switzerland picks up Hodinkee. [image]

Will Stern /
@will__stern: Major news in the watch space. Hodinkee is one of my favorite reads, period. @cllctmedia: NEW: Hodinkee acquired by Watches of Switzerland. The site is the most widely read watch publication on earth with 20m readers per month. https://www.cllct.com/...

Alessandro Speciale /
@aspeciale: Watches of Switzerland is acquiring Hodinkee, the US watch site backed by LVMH and Tom Brady, following its losses from a move into selling pre-owned models online https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @business @iamandyhoffman #Switzerland @rafat: The lesson here is same as always: even in vertical media, if you raise too much money, chances are you will trip up with overambition and overspending much like consumer media startups and suffer the same fate. Likely a mercy buy, even if decent buyer. https://www.nytimes.com/... @robbreport: The Watches of Switzerland Group just acquired the watch media company Hodinkee. The two hope to work together to benefit the watch community. https://robbreport.com/...

Eric Kelderman /
@etkeld: Hodinkee, the Watch Fan Site, Is Sold to a British Retailer 1) HOLY COW 2) given the topic and audience, seems like the NYT should have identified what watches appear on their subjects' wrists - I see a Rolex Daytona on Clymer... https://www.nytimes.com/...

Anna Wise /
London Evening Standard: Watches of Switzerland buys US luxury watch enthusiast platform

Maria Ward-Brennan /
City A.M.: Watches of Switzerland snaps up US media firm in online luxury push

Christian Moess Laursen /
MarketWatch: Watches of Switzerland Group Adds to Online Presence with Hodinkee Acquisition

Anthony DeMarco /
Forbes Australia: Watches of Switzerland acquires popular watch website Hodinkee

Shefi Ben-Hutta /
Coverager: Watches Of Switzerland acquires watch site Hodinkee

Andy Hoffman /
Bloomberg: UK Rolex Dealer Buys Watch Site Backed by LVMH, Tom Brady

Benjamin Clymer /
Hodinkee: Hodinkee Joins Forces With Watches Of Switzerland

Daniela Morena /
Daniela Morena on LinkedIn: It is an exciting day for the team at HODINKEE, Inc. as it was announced that the company was acquired by the Watches of Switzerland Group. …

Benjamin Clymer /
Benjamin Clymer on LinkedIn: 17 years in the making, I am proud to say that we have sold HODINKEE, Inc. to Watches of Switzerland Group PLC - joining forces with an iconic, century-old partner to the entire industry. …

Lorcan McCabe /
Lorcan McCabe on LinkedIn: Beyond thrilled for the announcement today - a partnership a decade in the making. Huge congratulations to Benjamin Clymer and welcome to the team …

Katie Reed /