McGraw-Hill and Hearst-backed search driven media company Skyword has closed a $6m round with the Cox Media Group as investor.

Multi-platform media company Cox Media Group invested $6m in content production platform Skyword on Monday, bringing its overall funding to $32m.

Although Cox was the sole investor in the current round, Skyword’s previous investors include media conglomerate Hearst Interactive Media, McGraw-Hill Ventures,  the corporate venturing unit for financial information and education company Mcgraw-Hill, non-profit media organisation the American Public Media Group and venture capital firm Pilot House Ventures.

Alex Taylor, executive vice-president of Cox Media Group, said: "Cox is…

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