The acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, will add 10 million monthly users to Future’s eight million, including sites from publishers including Vox Media, Purch and Digital Trends.
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The unstoppable force of Celebrity MasterChef won the 9pm slot, with 3.7 million viewers and a 19% share tuning to see gurning, spray-tanned horseman of the apocalypse, Rylan Clark cook some venison.
“A simpler, leaner, BBC is the right thing to do and it can also help us meet the financial challenges we face,” director general Tony Hall said in an all-staff email.
Yesterday saw ITV’s sob-fest Long Lost Family (9pm) once again claim Wednesday’s prime time slot as the highly theatrical factual drama easily beat its rivals.
The Independent has reduced its print and digital trading loss to £4.6 million for the financial year 2013/14 – a dramatic improvement on the £22.6 million loss recorded in 2010/11.
