Zinio partly dismantled, and sold to Gilvest

Investment company Gilvest has acquired San Francisco electronic publisher Zinio Systems, which distributes digital magazines via a downloadable reader. The magazines include TV Guide, Men’s Health, Black Enterprise and Penthouse.

This comes after Zinio sold another of its assets, BlueDolphin, last month.

From the MediaPost article:

Maggiotto said that later this year, Zinio intends to roll out a new version of its downloadable electronic reader as well as a browser-based reader. The new product will make content “much… Continue Reading

M2 Media Group acquires online magazine BlueDolphin.com

M2 Media Group, of Stamford, Conn., a leading magazine subscription agency, said it has purchased online magazine Website BlueDolphin.com from San Francisco’s Zinio Systems.

Terms were undisclosed. See the press release here.

(First posted 1/18)