Founded in 2006 by former Forbes columnist Om Malik, the influential blog covered the growth of the Silicon Valley startup scene alongside rivals such as TechCrunch. In recent years, it also branched out into research and events such as the Structure Connect conference.
ITV has bought the makers of BBC1’s The Voice, Dutch production company Talpa Media, for £355m in a deal that could end up costing more than double that
WPP has lodged a bid for the customer data company that created the Tesco clubcard. A source with knowledge of the talks confirmed that the world’s largest advertising group had made an approach for Tesco-owned Dunnhumby, which gathers and analyses data from almost 1 billion shoppers around the world
The flotation, which would probably propel Auto Trader into the FTSE 250 index, would value the company at 14-18 times its last reported earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation.
Easyfairs has acquired Tank Storage Magazine – the market leading publication for the tank storage industry. The development is part of the company’s strategy to strengthen its support of the markets within which it operates.
Diversified Communications has acquired The Sleeter Group, Inc., founded by Doug Sleeter, operates a membership community that provides professional training and development through an annual conference, membership networking forums, webinars, books, exams, newsletters, blogs and research services
WPP reported full-year sales and profit increases in line with analyst expectations on Monday and told investors to expect similar growth rates in 2015 as clients focus on cutting costs and rival agencies offer aggressive discounts
According to new research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), Netflix streaming has increased 350% during the last 10 quarters
Artexis Easyfairs has acquired the management of the Dry Bulk Conference and Exhibition from the publishers of Dry Cargo International
Native advertising is heating up in digital media these days, and there are plenty of reasons why publishers should get excited. To start, a recent study from BI Intelligence forecasts native ad spend in the US to hit $7.9 billion this year (a 69% increase from 2013) and reach $21 billion by 2018. Publishers, that’s significant revenue opportunity up for grabs
ITE Group has acquired 50.1% of a portfolio of events including Africa Oil Week
The UK commercial broadcaster said that net advertising revenues would grow 11 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2015 — slightly above analysts’ estimates, boosted by spending being brought forward due to the UK general election. In 2014, ad revenues rose 6 per cent to £1.6bn
Emerald Expositions, LLC (“Emerald”) announced today that it has acquired two leading tradeshow and conference businesses in separate transactions with Vendome Group, LLC and Macfadden Communications Group, LLC
Ask an M&A banker how things are going they will invariably tell you that ‘the pipeline looks good’ – an incantation so frequently recited that it is beginning to take on the character of prayer
A statement from Reed said: “After two successful editions of IBTM India, we have decided to take time out in 2015 to undertake further research and analysis of India’s dynamic and growing MICE market
Last year was officially the year of the failed merger. According to new data from the ONS, there were fewer mergers and acquisitions involving UK companies in 2014 than in any year since 1987, when ONS records begin.
UBM’s aquisition of Advanstar in December created the largest US events business by revenue and a global industry giant
One of the first entrants into the mobile payments space back in 2007, Toronto-based Plastic Mobile announced on Feb. 19 on its website that it was being acquired by Havas Media
20 years after being founded, Matt Warman examines how Yahoo is turning itself into a giant of Silicon Valley acquisitions.
Last week, Rodale announced the launch of Rodale U – a new platform offering paid online learning courses. Amy Duffin spoke to Rodale’s SVP of digital operations and strategy, Beth Buehler, about the thinking behind this new product.– See more at: FIPP.Com
