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Posted on 6 July 2023
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Amsterdam, July 6, 2023. Keesing Media Group (Keesing) and CoolGames have reached agreement on a takeover whereby Keesing assumes ownership of CoolGames, a trend-setting developer of quality web games, with immediate effect. The deal follows Keesing’s acquisition last month of Synonymer.se, Sweden’s biggest online dictionary for puzzle fans. Both acquisitions form part of Keesing Media Group’s buy and build strategy and represent an important expansion of the company’s digital portfolio. CoolGames, set up in 2009, is a games studio specialised...

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Posted on 9 November 2022
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Keesing continues to show strong growth   Amsterdam, November 8, 2022 – Keesing Media Group continues to go from strength to strength despite the uncertain macro-economic climate. Following on from the successful takeover of Kappa Publishing and Kappa Books in the US in March, Keesing has now made new acquisitions in France and Italy. In France Keesing has taken over RCI Jeux, market leader in the French B2B market and in Italy, Sudoku Srl, market leader in logical puzzles. Since BC Partners acquired a majority stake in Keesing...

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Posted on 29 August 2022
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The Keesing Media Group (“Keesing”), the leading global braintainment business, today announced that it has appointed Steven Kotok as President & Managing Director of its North American activities, effective September 6, 2022. Mr. Kotok will also join the Keesing Senior Management team.   Steven Kotok brings more than 25 years of experience to his new position, serving most recently as President and CEO USA for the Bauer Media Group. He will be responsible for guiding the strategic direction for Keesing in the...

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Posted on 19 May 2022
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Van boze witte mannen en complotdenkers tot de moedermaffia. In 2022 zijn we nog lang niet van de hokjes af. In 2022 is er veel aan de hand als het gaat om hokjes. Op sociale media en aan de Talkshow-tafels is het een dringen van mensen die met populaire termen als moedermaffia, zevenvinker, complotdenker en boze witte man, elke betrokkene in een eigen ‘hokje’ plaatsen. En of je nou een voor- of tegenstander bent van het hokjesdenken er is nu één...

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Posted on 10 March 2022
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Acquisition cements Keesing’s position as the leading braintainment company worldwide Marks the company’s third acquisition since partnering with BC Partners in January 2021   March 10, 2022 – Amsterdam: Keesing Media Group (“Keesing”), the leading braintainment business, has today announced its acquisition from Kappa Media Group, Inc. of two of its subsidiaries, Kappa Publishing Group and Kappa Books Publishers, (“Kappa”) leading publishers of puzzle magazines and books, special interest publications and children’s activity books. Founded more than thirty-five years ago in Fort Washington,...

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Posted on 10 August 2021
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Keesing Media Group (Keesing) is continuing its expansion programme. After the acquisition of Ediciones Pléyades in Madrid in June, the company announced the acquisition of Switzerland’s Küng Verlags Group today. Amsterdam-based Keesing is Europe’s largest publisher of puzzle magazines and other braintainment content and the acquisition will strengthen this position still further. Over the past 20 years, the Küng Group, led by Thomas Küng, has become Swiss market leader in the puzzles sector and shows very healthy growth. The company comprises...

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Posted on 13 July 2021
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Keesing Media Group announced its first acquisition since BC Partners acquired the company from Ergon Capital in January 2021. Since going independent in September 2017, Keesing is pressing ahead with its growth strategy. The company has been involved in ten takeovers that, together with the print portfolio growth and the rollout of a digital strategy, have driven the company’s continued expansion. Today Keesing acquired Ediciones Pleyades in Madrid. The company is also actively in Latin America and sells its products to Chili, Mexico,...

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Posted on 13 November 2020
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BC Partners, a leading international investment firm, has announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire the leading European braintainment business, Keesing Media Group (“Keesing”) from Ergon Capital and Mediahuis. Founded in the Netherlands over 100 years ago, Keesing has a presence in over 40 countries and is already the largest puzzle content developer in Europe. It owns a number of market-leading brands and is also in the process of releasing new digital offerings which will allow it to...

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Posted on 25 May 2020
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Keesing Media Group is pressing ahead with its growth strategy despite the uncertainties generated by Covid-19. The company’s expansion into Scandinavia continues with the takeover of Dohi’sSwedish puzzle portfolio. At the same time, the acquisition of the puzzle arm of PRS in Italy marks a major step into the large Italian market. Keesing currently has eight European offices and will open a new one in Milan, taking the total to nine. Since going independent in September 2017, Keesing has been involved...

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Posted on 18 June 2019
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Bastei Lübbe AG, Cologne, sells its puzzle and Sudoku magazine business to the Dutch Keesing Media Group, Amsterdam, in an asset deal with economic effect from 31 May 2019. This transaction is another proof point of the Company’s portfolio streamlining strategy.   Keesing Media Group is the largest publisher of puzzle magazines in Europe. Keesing publishes a wide range of puzzle magazines in many languages and countries including the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Hungary and the United...

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