Posts by mwright

Emerald Expositions has acquired The International Gift Exposition in the Smokies (IGES) from M&M Gift Shows

London-based research and events firm Informa has acquired telecommunications industry publisher Light Reading, along with research-oriented counterpart Heavy Reading, from CEO and founder Steve Saunders. Saunders will continue at Informa for a minimum of three years, under the title of digital publisher-in-chief

Press Release: WPP announces that J. Walter Thompson Company, its wholly owned global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire iStrategyLabs, LLC (“ISL”), a full service digital agency, in the US

Ascential, the business-to-business media company that floated in London this year, has reported a 13.5 per cent revenue growth in the first half of the year.

The owner of trade magazine publisher Incisive Media is exploring a £100m sale, seven years after it was seized by its lenders in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Incisive, owned by the private equity firm Alchemy, is working with the City adviser Arma Partners on a strategic review that is expected to lead to an auction process, City sources said

French PR groups Hopscotch and Sopexa, and the Paris-based events company Comexposium, are in discussions about forming an alliance to create “the largest French PR network worldwide” – which is being marketed as an alternative to the “Anglo-Saxon networks”

The Guardian made a loss of more than £180m last year as digital growth went into reverse and the a tough print market took a further turn for the worse

Pro-EU newspaper the New European is to continue publishing beyond its four-week trial period after beating its sales targets, its publisher, Archant. has announced

Facebook’s ad revenue surged 63% year-on-year to $6.24bn last quarter, as chief executive Mark Zuckerberg hailed the social media giant’s progress in video

Business (MAB), part of the Mark Allen Group (MAG), completed its acquisition of three clusters of international conferences from London-based Industry Dynamics, last week

Press Release: Mortgage Brain Holdings has bought publishing company AE3 Media, which includes trade brand Mortgage Solutions, lender and broker awards scheme the British Mortgage Awards and top consumer brands Your Mortgage and Your Money. The move will capitalise on the assets and develop synergies between technology and data company Mortgage Brain, which has over […]

Four Communications has acquired retail and luxury sector specialist PR agency Rain Communications for an undisclosed sum – its second acquisition this month

Newly listed magazine company Time Out expects to report revenue growth of 16 per cent for the first half of 2016 – a period in which many other publishers have experienced heavy declines

Press Release: New York [July 25, 2016] – Dentsu Aegis Network today announced the acquisition of gyro, the largest independent global creative agency dedicated exclusively to business-to-business (B2B) marketing

Events marketing platform evvnt has announced the acquisition of Eventviva, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of the event discovery and ticketing platform is part of evvnts’ global expansion as the company focuses firmly on reaching the global audience of event organisers. Founded in 2012 by Aditya Patadia and Hardik Pandya, Eventviva has had more than 3.8 million events listed and has helped users to find local events in their city in over 1,000 cities worldwide

Organiser Prysm Group has acquired disability, rehabilitation, and homecare event, Naidex, from i2i Events for an undisclosed sum. “Naidex is, quite simply, exhibition royalty, and I can’t tell you how excited we all are to have acquired it,” said Nick Moss, MD of Prysm Group. “We are going to pour our hearts and souls into making the 43rd edition of Naidex a truly memorable event for the independent living sector, and the entire team can’t wait to get started.”

Mercury Events Ltd, organiser of the Wedding Fairs and the Baby & Toddler Shows has been acquired by Ocean Media Group. Matt Miller, MD of Mercury Events will join Ocean Media, taking on the responsibility for the new consumer division as managing director

BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E) acquired Zibrant, an award-winning Events Agency delivering national and international events in the UK, to strengthen and diversify its Events business in the European market

Verizon Communications will announce today its intent to acquire Yahoo’s core assets, including its search, video and mobile advertising businesses in a deal valued at about $4.8 billion, according to reports

Guardian Media Group will this week reveal a higher than expected full-year operating loss of £69m as the owner of The Guardian newspaper battles to bring its finances under control. GMG’s total pre-tax loss will hit £173m as the group belatedly writes down about £80m in the value of its stake in Ascential, the publicly quoted magazine and events company, and takes a £20m restructuring charge over severance payments