Press Release: The directors of Electric Word plc (the “Board”) are pleased to announce the sale of the trade and certain assets of the Company’s subsidiary, Speechmark Publishing Limited (“Speechmark”), to Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Publishers behind paywalls are stuck with a ‘scaleless’ strategy, believes the Telegraph, as it looks to balance its own paywall with an open model that takes cues from Apple News
The USA and China were the top publishing markets measured by revenue for the third consecutive year. These two publishing powers are followed by the three major European economies Germany, the UK and France
Newspaper publisher Johnston Press has confirmed it is in late-stage discussions to sell a stable of newspapers in East Anglia to a rival group
Sir Martin Sorrell’s advertising group, WPP, has called an end to the Brexit shock that has hammered the ad market since the EU referendum vote in June and upgraded its forecast for the industry
Attempt to diversify away from home market in Europe to growth regions
It’s a solid business model, and combined with its unique position in Europe makes its acquisition by Nikkei in July of last year easy to understand. There isn’t another publication quite like the Financial Times, and its 805,000 paying subscribers are testament to that. Speaking at Web Summit earlier this week, its chief product and information officer Cait O’Riordan explained how the publication’s focus on accurate journalism encourages people to move along the funnel from free user to paid subscriber
London, 04/10/2016: Easyfairs UK & Global, part of the Artexis Easyfairs group, today announces its acquisition of CCR (Clinical Cosmetic & Reconstructive) Expo from Wimbledon-based Nineteen Events.
Hudson Sandler has become an LLP that will offer a stake in the business to staff, after listed holding group Huntsworth sold its majority stake in the global corporate and financial agency
Northstar Travel Group has made its first purchase since being acquired by private equity firm Wasserstein Partners in June. The company’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) subsidiary, Inntopia, has acquired Ryan Solutions, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) and database marketing to the hospitality industry
UBM scooped up a new show in the U.S., The Battery Show North America, from another UK-based company – Smarter Shows. The Battery Show and collocated events will be part of UBM’s Advanced Manufacturing Group.
Prospects Press Release: Prospects, the market-leading education, employment and skills company, has acquired Optimus Education. Optimus Education was founded in 1997 to help primary and secondary school leadership teams manage staff development efficiently and effectively, stay compliant and drive whole school improvement through a variety of conferences, events and training resources
The outlook for print advertising has gone from bad to worse. Print newspaper ad spending in the UK, for instance, is set to fall by £135m to £866m this year, even steeper than the £112m drop in 2015, says Enders Analysis. “These are big numbers,” says Douglas McCabe, an analyst at Enders. “This is not advertising that is going to come back.”
Hearst has acquired CAMP Systems International Inc. in its latest move toward diversification in the information and data sectors. CAMP was acquired from GTCR, a private equity firm, for around $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the situation. The exact sum was not disclosed
Overall, companies from Europe dominate the rankings of exhibition firms with revenues over EUR 100 million. Just five of 31 companies have their headquarters outside of Europe: Emerald Expositions (USA) in 12th place, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council in 15th, Coex (Korea) in 16th, Tokyo Big Sight in 20th and SNIEC Shanghai in 28th
Acquisition of Evenementenhal – from H2 Equity Partners and ABN AMRO Participaties – puts Artexis Easyfairs among the world’s leading events organisers and venue operators
Press Release: Ascential plc: (the “Group” / LSE: ASCL.L), the international business to business media company with a focused portfolio of market-leading events and information services products, is pleased to announce the launch of Money20/20 Asia from 13-15 March 2018 in Singapore
Bewkes says $85.4bn deal can boost competition as rivals call for regulatory scrutiny
UK adspend figures for 2016 have been revised up to 5.2% after a higher-than-expected growth for the first half of the year, despite concerns from business over Brexit
Time Warner would give a competitive advantage over rivals such as Verizon, T-Mobile US and Sprint with a so-called “vertical integration” strategy, allowing it to use its internet and telecoms services to distribute Time Warner’s film and television portfolio
