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CloserStill Media have this week announced a new event for enterprise IT professionals and service providers, Smart IoT London 2016 at ExCel

UBM announced it remains confident in its 2015 outlook, despite reporting the cancellation of 37 events and a first-half pre-tax profit fall of 37.2 per cent.

Exor, the investment vehicle of the Agnelli family will acquire most of Pearson’s stake

News Corp has made a hefty writedown on the value of its digital education unit and signalled a potential exit from a business Rupert Murdoch once hoped would shake up the textbook-heavy US education industry

Back Street Heroes, described by its editorial team as ‘a rock ‘n’ roll biking mag for hard-core customisation fans’, will sit within the company’s portfolio alongside brands such as Classic Bike Guide, Motorcycle Sport & Leisure and Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

Founded in 1999, based in Brussels and employing 24 people, ABS Creative is a digital marketing communications agency with solid expertise in medical content marketing

Chime Communications, the London-listed sports marketing specialist, is in advanced discussions to sell itself for more than £350m to Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP and US buyout group Providence Equity Partners.Chime said that an independent committee of board members had been convened to discuss a cash offer for all its shares at 365p per share

Early gains from an ambitious growth programme sent shares up 6 per cent in Informa (INF). The business information, publishing and events giant plans to invest up to £90m to streamline, stengthen and refocus its divisions. £12m has been spent or committed to date, helping deliver a 14 per cent rise in first-half adjusted operating profit to £190m.

Calm, Colour, Create aims to provide monthly art therapy to frazzled adults up and down the country, according to Redan Publishing

Amazon has won the race to sign the departing presenters of BBC’s Top Gear show, as online groups continue to encroach on the terrain of traditional broadcasters by securing major deals to produce original content

WPP’s Kantar Media has acquired a stake in digital media intelligence specialist BIScience, which specialises in cross-channel and global digital media monitoring, planning and optimization. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kantar Invests in Digital Media Intelligence FirmBIScience’s flagship AdClarity platform enables users to make strategic decisions across display, video, mobile web, mobile apps and social media channels

McGraw Hill Financial has agreed to buy SNL Financial for more than $2.2 billion in a move that shows the growing value of data and information services in the B2B landscape

Clarion Events has purchased two security-focused events from Eagle Eye Expositions, the companies announced Tuesday

Porta Communications has continued its expansion by acquiring a 29.5 per cent stake in corporate comms agency Broker Profile

Marwyn, the investment group that brought companies including Peppa Pig rights owner Entertainment One to the public markets, is launching an Aim-listed cash vehicle,Gloo Networks, to buy media companies valued at up to £1bn

Investment bankers have been asked to come up with future options for Top Right Group, which could include a sale or flotation of the publisher

For almost 50 years, Haymarket has been an innovative force in specialist magazines, exhibitions, content marketing, and information services

Lessiter Publications announced that it’s purchased the assets of Implement & Tractor from Farm Journal Media

Progressive chairman Mike Danson gets opportunity to reacquire some of his former Datamonitor assets

In a press release Informa today announced an update on its Portfolio Management programme as part of the 2014-2017 Growth Acceleration Plan including disposals to Progressive Digital Media