The Magazine
Paid subscription digital magazine on iOS publishing essays and illustrations from independent writers. Marco Arment handed ownership to Glenn Fleishman on 1 June 2013; terms undisclosed.
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Exit Analysis
This database tracks 234 Content/Media exits, and the ones that disclosed a price sold at a median of $29,000. Category matters more than founders expect: buyers apply different discount rates to a content business, a mobile app and a B2B tool even at identical revenue.
From founding to sale took 1.0 years. Time to exit is a decent proxy for how built-to-sell a business was: shorter, cleaner processes usually mean documented operations and fewer surprises in due diligence.
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Own The Yard
Content sites built on display ads sell at ~40x monthly earnings. Spencer documented every step on Niche Pursuits, that public case study itself became a marketing asset. Founded Sept 2018; sold 2021
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