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Reuters: NEW YORK, March 5 Penton Business Media Holdings Inc, a publisher of 113 trade magazines such as Ward’s AutoWorld, Restaurant Hospitality and National Hog Farmer, won court approval of its reorganization plan, and expects to emerge from bankruptcy within a few days. Judge Arthur Gonzalez confirmed the New York-based company’s Chapter 11 plan on Friday in Manhattan bankruptcy court.

TechTarget today announced the acquisition of the website, RTFM-ed.co.uk™, a leading, UK-based, independent website addressing the needs of IT decision makers on the topics of server and desktop virtualization training

Global Sources joint venture eMedia Asia Limited acquires 70% interest in China’s largest optoelectronics expo. The transaction further complements Global Sources’ end-to-end media offerings for the electronics industry.

NewBay Media LLC announced that it has acquired Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News, and This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) from Reed Business Information-US

Compound Semiconductor – Acquired from Institute of Physics by Angel Business Communications – Monthly magazine and website. Media Mergers brokered the transaction on behalf of Angel in the transaction. Deal value undisclosed.

Reed Business Information has sold three titles to Wicks Group-owned NewBay Media

Reed Business Information (RBI) UK has announced the closure of its 130-year-old construction trade title Contract Journal

Emap has acquired Healthcare Conferences, an events and publishing company specialising in the UK healthcare sector.

QD Events has acquired Fishing, Europe’s leading annual fisheries event, from Norwegian-based publisher IntraFish.

ITV has sold Friends Reunited to Brightsolid, a subsidiary of Beano and Dandy publisher DC Thomson, for £25m

IHS Inc. today announced it has acquired the remaining 49.9 percent of Lloyd’s Register-Fairplay (LRF) that it currently does not own from Lloyd’s Register giving IHS 100 percent ownership of LRF

Wilmington announce that earlier today they completed a transaction with Progressive Media for them to acquire Press Gazette

Property Investor Media – Buyout of Property Investor from the administrators of Expomedia Group. Deal value undisclosed. The transaction was brokered by Media Mergers on behalf of a private client.

Perform has completed the majority share acquisition of Dutch company, Global Sports Media

TechTarget today announced the acquisition of The Brian Madden Company, the leading independent, website and conference to address the needs of IT decision makers on the topics of desktop virtualization, terminal services, and application virtualization

Dennis Publishing has bought technology website bit-tech.net for an undisclosed sum

Method TV (IPTV) and Method Magazine – Acquired by Boomerang+ – multi-language Consumer magazine and Internet TV channel for Snowboarding enthusiasts across Europe. The deal was brokered by Media Mergers on behalf of the sellers. Deal value undisclosed.

TSL Education, publisher of the Times Educational Supplement and the Times Higher Education, has acquired Education Data Surveys (EDS) for an undisclosed sum. EDS provides research and information about the education sector and is the leading provider of management information on the job market for classroom teachers and leaders in the education community

TSL Education Limited today announces the sale of its 43% holdings in ECCTIS Limited to leading student recruitment, marketing and management company, Hobsons plc.