Which media titles are worth the most?

Media interest

This week The Spectator was acquired by Old Queen Street Media for £100 million, around five times its annual turnover. How does that compare with other media valuations (also as a multiple of revenue)?

Date / Title / Valuation

Aug 2010 / Newsweek / 0.000000006

Feb 2011 / Huffington Post / 10.0

Aug 2013 / Washington Post / 0.4

Jul 2015 / Financial Times / 2.5

Aug 2015 / The Economist / 2.8

Nov 2016 / Buzzfeed / 6.8

Jul 2017 / Vice / 8.1

Oct 2018 / Time / 1.1

Mar 2021 / New Scientist / 4.1

Aug 2021 / Politico / 5.0

Jan 2022 / The Athletic / 8.5

Jun 2022 / New European / 3.4

Sep 2024 / The Spectator / 4.8

Vegging out

Research from the 100,000 participant-strong ‘American Gut Project’ suggests that people who ate 30 or more different plants per week had more diverse gut microbiomes that ‘promoted health’. But do Brits have any hope of increasing their fruit and veg intake? According to the Association of UK Dieticians only 8% of children, 27% of working-age adults and 35% of over-65s actually achieve the existing five-a-day recommendation.