Tag: Compass Media

Dart Group acquires Compass Media

Dart Group acquires Compass Media

| 31/05/2023 | 110 Comments

(CNS): After months of speculation, the acquisition of Compass Media by Dart has been confirmed by both parties. In a report in the islands’ oldest private news organisation on Wednesday, James Bergstrom, who purchased the media house just over four years ago, said he had sold it to Dart Media and Entertainment, which appears to […]

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Media company to close down print shop

Media company to close down print shop

| 24/01/2023 | 33 Comments

(CNS): Compass Media, the parent company of the Cayman Compass and Compass Print, will close the print shop for good on 30 April with an undisclosed number of redundancies on the cards, according to a notice posted on its social media pages. While the newspaper, now published just once per week, will still be printed […]

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Quappe returns to Cayman Crosstalk mic

Quappe returns to Cayman Crosstalk mic

| 04/01/2021 | 91 Comments

(CNS): Local musician and former host of the morning talk show, Barrie Quappe, is taking back the mic at Cayman Crosstalk after Compass Media fired controversial host Woody DaCosta last week. The Compass has now taken formal ownership of Hurley’s Media following the acquisition in November. Quappe was the host between 2002 and 2006, when […]

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Merren selling radio stations to Compass

Merren selling radio stations to Compass

| 13/11/2020 | 89 Comments

(CNS): Randy Merren, the owner of Hurley’s Media, is selling his stable of radio stations to the owner of the Cayman Compass. This follows the forced closure of the local TV station last year, which was also owned by Merren, after a dispute with the regulator left him with outstanding licence fees. The deal with […]

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Newspaper to supply gov’t  TV with content

Newspaper to supply gov’t TV with content

| 03/10/2019 | 32 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Compass has entered into a deal with the Unity Government to publish its local news content on the Cayman Islands Government TV station. Officials from both the newspaper and government said no money is changing hands but the local publisher will allow government to broadcast the video programmes it makes free of […]

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