Question 1

Which media & tech brands are owned by private equity?

Accepted Answer

The Squeeze tracks 11 media & tech brands touched by private equity. They include Ancestry.com (Blackstone), Tribune Publishing (Alden Global Capital), Yahoo (Apollo Global Management), Brightspeed (Apollo Global Management), Shutterfly (Apollo Global Management), Simon & Schuster (KKR), The Denver Post (Alden Global Capital) and Consolidated Communications (now Fidium) (Searchlight Capital Partners). Every entry is sourced, and the full list is published at https://pesqueeze.com/browse/media.

Question 2

Which private equity firm owns the most media & tech brands?

Accepted Answer

Apollo Global Management owns the most media & tech brands The Squeeze tracks — 3 of 11, including Yahoo, Brightspeed and Shutterfly.

Question 3

How many media & tech brands are currently private-equity owned?

Accepted Answer

Of the 11 media & tech brands The Squeeze tracks, 8 are currently PE-owned, 1 is PE-owned with no visible consumer fallout yet and 2 were PE-owned and have since been sold on.

📡Media & Tech

Who owns the most

🔴 PE Owned

🔵 PE Owned · On Watch

🟡 Formerly PE Owned