George Warman Publications (GWP), part of the Mark Allen Group, has acquired Dental Showcase from the British Dentist Industry Association (BDIA) for an undisclosed sum. The country’s leading dental trade exhibition, which has existed since the 1930s, will join a company that includes the leading brands Dental Update, The Dentist and Dental Nursing.
RAI Amsterdam has taken a 50% share in IBEX, the International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference. This renowned trade show for professionals in the yachting sector is the American version of the RAI’s own event METSTRADE (Marine Equipment Trade Show), which is held every year in Amsterdam. The deal was officially announced on 4 October 2016 at the opening of IBEX 2016 in Tampa, USA.
Press Release: LONDON, 30 September 2016 – Shard Media Group is pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement for the establishment of a joint venture with New York and London based The M&A Advisor to expand the company’s event, publishing and media services into the UK and Europe through its Shard Financial Media brand
Marketplace lets Facebook users list items for sale, and could be an attempt to upend the crowded world of peer-to-peer selling
Clarion Events, owners of both Multimodal UK, and the Supply Chain and Logistics Summits, to launch Americas exhibition and seminars and colocate with The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)’s Toronto Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in 2018 London, UK, and Miami, USA,
New York-based ad targeting tech specialist AppNexus has closed a $31m investment round, including $10m from Rupert Murdoch’s media group News Corp, which will now have access to AppNexus’ full suite of technology products.The firm’s software helps publishers maximize yield; and marketers and agencies harness data and machine learning to deliver intelligent and customized campaigns
Facebook’s digital adspend growth is forecast to be even higher than previously thought this year, growing by nearly a third, in eMarketer’s latest digital adspend report for the UK
Media company might be interested in acquiring the money-losing news service, reports say
Press Release: Next 15, the digital communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of PMC Investments Limited (“Pinnacle”), a specialist technical content and digital marketing business with customers in the electronics, telecoms and engineering sectors, including Toshiba Electronics, Sandvik Coromant and European Telecommunications Standards Institute
Mathias Döpfner says Google and Facebook must change their attitude for publishers to survive
Singapore music start-up in tie-up with magazine’s publisher Wenner Media for global push
Following on from two phenomenally successful years in London, and due to increasing demand from early years and childcare professionals from across the UK, the Nursery World Show exhibition series is expanding in 2017 with the launch of a new event: Nursery World North.
The sale of a controlling stake in Argus Media is set to close next week after a two-month delay caused in part by tax issues, including one related to the energy reporting company’s executive chairman. Adrian Binks, who is also its publisher, is credited with turning what was once a small London-based energy newsletter into an almost £1bn enterprise over the course of the past 30 years
Press Release: WPP announces that it is making an investment in Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes SAS (“LNEI”), the media group focused on investments in the French and international media sectors
“The soul and spirit of the company Axel Springer is journalism. We serve our readers with independent and critical information and advice as well as good entertainment. Through our media offerings we are making a contribution to the strengthening of freedom and democracy. “
Times writer noted in an article on Saturday, “the news on Facebook is what Facebook says it is.”
Centaur Media Plc (LSE: CAU), the multi-platform business information, insight and events group, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the business and assets of Oystercatchers LLP (“Oystercatchers”). Oystercatchers will build on Centaur’s Econsultancy and other marketing assets to provide an international leading consultancy in the marketing sector
The owner of The Daily Telegraph’s view of the trading environment in its newly published annual accounts was more bearish than a year ago. TMG described how print publishers now have a “less certain” role because of “competition from the proliferation of free digital content and the increasing role of large-scale digital platforms in distributing and aggregating content”, particularly on mobile
Media-Mergers’ Press Release 20 September 2016 In a deal brokered by Martin Wright of Media-Mergers (www.mediamergers.co.uk) The London Stationery Show, the UK’s most important trade exhibition for the paper and writing products industry, its consumer awareness campaign National Stationery Week, and Stationery Magazine have been acquired by Ocean Media Group, a leading provider of exhibitions, […]
The London Stationery Show, the UK’s most important trade exhibition for the paper and writing products industry, its consumer awareness campaign National Stationery Week, and Stationery Magazine have been acquired by Ocean Media Group, a leading provider of exhibitions, events, awards and specialist publications
