Field & Stream, Outdoor Life Bought by New Owner
FIELD & STREAM, OUTDOOR LIFE MAGAZINES FIND NEW OWNER
Sweden’s Bonnier Magazine Group will acquire Time Inc.’s Parenting Group and Time4Media titles, which include Field & Stream, Outdoor Life and 16 others. With the purchase, Stockholm-based Bonnier and its U.S. magazine partner, Winter Park, Fla.-based World Publications, will become one of the largest consumer publishing groups in America, with 40 titles and annual revenue of more than $350 million. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approval.
The acquired magazines are as follows: Parenting, Babytalk, Popular Science, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Yachting, MotorBoating, Salt Water Sportsman, Skiing, SKI, TransWorld SKATEboarding, TransWorld SNOWBOARDING, TransWorld MOTOCROSS, TransWorld SURF, ride bmx, QUAD, SHOT BUSINESS and TransWorld business. Editorial, sales and marketing staff will remain in New York, California and Colorado.
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