ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV: ZUM) (“ZoomerMedia”)
announces that it has completed the acquisition of all the
outstanding shares of
Museland Media Inc. (MM),
publisher of
Ludwig Van, Canada’s leading and
fastest growing digital voice for the latest classical, opera,
chamber and choral music headlines, reviews, comments and
personality driven features and interviews. The aggregate purchase
price of $1.1 million is comprised of $700k cash on closing, and a
$400k vendor note at 5% interest annually, principal repayable in 3
years.
The acquisition connects ZoomerMedia to a wider
audience of arts enthusiasts, of all ages, who have been all but
abandoned by mainstream newspapers and broadcasters. With an
audience of 65,000 monthly readers and 100+ partner arts
organizations, it is the ideal online complement to The New
Classical FM, English Canada’s only all-classical music
radio service, first acquired by Moses Znaimer in
2006, and now owned and operated by ZoomerMedia.
This acquisition follows the recent additions of
blogTO, Daily Hive, and
The Peak to ZoomerMedia’s roster of digital
publications.
Said Moses Znaimer, ZoomerMedia Founder,
President & CEO: “I have a history of supporting the
idea of specialty television; which is to say channels devoted to
specific subject matter ranging from local news (CP24) to Rock and
Pop (MuchMusic) to Bravo!, Canada’s NewStyleArtsChannel, which was
a most beautiful Performing Arts Channel until its original mandate
and style were abandoned by new owners. Similarly, the acquisition
of Ludwig Van represents the further expansion of
the Zoomer Digital Network from location-oriented
outlets like blogTO and Daily
Hive into subject specific content. In Ludwig
Van, we see a Toronto and Montreal based website extending
coverage, nationally and internationally, and beyond classical
music and opera,to theatre, dance, and other performing arts.
I also have a history of presenting live to air
concerts in Zoomer Hall featuring the likes of Lang Lang, Sondra
Radvanovsky, Mischa Maisky, Anne-Sophie Mutter, James Galway, and
Lara St. John. Accordingly, Ludwig
Van’s enhanced format will also offer concerts and
music videos. Even as everyone else is cutting back on coverage of
the Arts, we intend to step up ours.”
Said Michael Vincent, Founder of Ludwig
Van: “I started Ludwig Van in 2017 with
the mission to keep arts coverage alive and change how media
companies operate. Moses is not just an
exceptional media pioneer, but a kindred spirit who resonates with
our commitment to classical music, opera, and the arts.
Zoomermedia’s resources, coupled with
Moses’ ground-breaking innovations in media, will
enable us to transcend the ordinary and ascend to new heights in
our mission. This alliance will empower us to create unparalleled
arts media content, setting a new benchmark in Canada. The
anticipation of what we are poised to achieve together is truly
extraordinary, and I can't wait to get started.”
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About ZoomerMedia Limited
Founded by television and media icon Moses
Znaimer in 2008, ZoomerMedia Limited is a multimedia
company devoted to creating content, services and experiences for
Canada's most powerful audiences: the 17.2 million people aged
45-plus aka "Zoomers", and the 13.7 million Millennials and Gen Zs,
coincidentally also called "Zoomers", who follow in their
footsteps.
ZoomerMedia operates 5 TV, 2 Radio, 3 Print, 3 Live
Event, and 15 Digital properties including the newly acquired
youth-friendly local news and lifestyle digital publication blogTO.
ZoomerMedia produces original TV, Radio, and Podcast programming,
offers clients creative audio and video production services, and
bespoke events on site at its 2.6 acre complex in Toronto's Liberty
Village.
For specific ZoomerMedia property names and focus,
please see below.
ZoomerMedia's Television properties
include: VisionTV, available in 7.5 million households is
Canada's home for British comedy and drama series, plus uplifting
movies, music, news, and multicultural and multilingual faith
programming; ONETV: The Exercise & Entertainment Channel,
combines original yoga, pilates, tai chi, and cardio fitness series
with British serial soaps, dramas and American movies; JoyTV in
Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey and the Fraser Valley, and FAITH TV in
Winnipeg are devoted to broadcasting Christian, multi-faith, and
local content.
ZoomerMedia's Digital properties
include: blogto.com, Canada's unrivalled local publisher
across digital and social media platforms, bringing in 8 million
monthly active users, and over 360 million page views annually;
dailyhive.com, the dominant platform in Western Canada and one of
the country’s most followed news brands with over 9 million monthly
active users, nearly 300 million annual page views, and 3.1 million
followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and
Linkedin; and EverythingZoomer.com, Canada's leading provider of
online content targeting the 45-plus.
ZoomerMedia's Radio properties
include: The New Classical FM, Canada's only commercial
all classical music radio station broadcasting over three
frequencies in a unique regional Ontario network: 96.3FM CFMZ-FM
Toronto (GTA), 103.1FM CFMX-FM Cobourg (Eastern Ontario), and
102.9FM CFMO-FM Collingwood (Southern Georgian Bay); and Zoomer
Radio, The Original Greatest Hits, the biggest broadcast footprint
in Canada also reaching 28 American States, and broadcasting
simultaneously both in AM and FM in Toronto (740AM CFZM-AM and
96.7FM CFZM-FM).
ZoomerMedia's Print properties
include: ZOOMER Magazine, the Company's flagship magazine
and Canada's largest paid circulation magazine for the 45-plus
market; On The Bay Magazine, a dominant regional lifestyle magazine
published quarterly for the 20 towns and villages of Ontario's
Southern Georgian Bay; and Tonic Magazine, a regional health and
wellness magazine published bi-monthly and distributed across the
City of Toronto.
Omri Tintpulver, Chief Operating
OfficerZoomerMedia Limited416-875-7523omri@zoomer.ca
Media contact:Leanne Wright, SVP
CommunicationsZoomerMedia Limited416-886-6873leanne@zoomer.ca
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