An outfit called Eliot and Luther has just made a move on Audioboom, the Aim-listed podcasting business that was last year subject to multiple takeover rumours.
Eliot and Luther said it has bought 10pc of Audioboom with a view to building a shareholding of just under 30pc as part of a consortium of investors...
And in another bizarre twist this evening Bonnier's Aquaverse PTE vehicle has just announced it has cut its shareholding in Aim-listed podcaster Audioboom Group even further.
According to the latest regulatory filing, Bonnier's Aquaverse has cut its shareholding in Audioboom from 11.57pc to 4.32pc. Below is the link to the announcement:..
There has been a curious twist in the Audioboom story this afternoon.
Robert Bonnier's wife, Nashida Bonnier, has just increased her shareholding in Audioboom to 5.42pc. Below is the link to the announcement, which was made after the market closed today:
Apologies for the tardy follow up Betavillers - I was out at the Chelsea game last night.
Anyway, I see property entrepreneur Nick Candy and THG have finally confirmed little old Betaville's UNCOOKED ALERT from yesterday afternoon. Below are the links:..
The list of suitors for Chelsea Football Club is growing by the day.
Mark "the Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News now claims British property entrepreneur Nick Candy, Conor McGregor, the Mixed Martial Arts star, investment firm Empowerment IP Capital, the American owners of the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team and, er, Ken Griffin, the founder of mega hedge fund Citdael are all involved in the Chelsea sale process.
Below is a link to Mark's piece:..
Football Clubs and national newspapers tend to be the favourite play things of choice for billionaires seeking social and political capital in the United Kingdom.
But with the newspapers' circulations on the wane and the valuations of football clubs in question it would appear TV channels are back in vogue...
Scribblers at the venerable Wall Street Journal just landed a corker of a scoop about Mike Ashley's football (soccer) club.
According to the excellent newspaper, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is backing another tilt at Newcastle United, the Premier League football club owned by the boss of Sports Direct...
Competitors like to write off little old Betaville but this website was punching above its weight in 2019, landing a series of exclusive genuine "scoops" throughout the year...