MINNEAPOLIS, August 16, 2023--Global media company iMedia Brands, Inc. (the "Company" or "iMedia") (OTC: IMBIQ) today announced that it has successfully closed its Asset and Equity Purchase Agreement ("AEPA") with IV Media, LLC ("IV Media"), a subsidiary of Innovation Ventures, LLC, the producer and distributor of 5-hour ENERGY® shots. Through the AEPA, IV Media has acquired substantially all assets of iMedia Brands on a going-concern basis, including its ShopHQ Networks, 1-2-3.tv, iMDS, J.W. Hu