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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

What is it about daily newspapers? Falling circulations and advertising have broken business models that cannot be mended even by booming digital audiences. But you wouldn’t guess it.

The FT is a leader in crossing over from print — digital subscribers now make up 70 percent of its paying audience, a number that keeps growing

Reed Elsevier plans to change its name to RELX Group and to simplify its corporate structure by combining the assets below its UK and Dutch parent companies into a single group entity for the first time

Rodale has been testing out numerous revenue-generating brand extensions in recent years, from an ecommerce site to branded foods. Today, the publisher of titles like Women’s Health and Runner’s World is officially debuting Rodale U, a new platform offering paid online courses.  – See more at: FIPP.Com

Private equity owners Apax snub a takeover approach from Hellman & Friedman to pursue a stock market listing of the UK’s biggest online marketplace for new and used cars

Publicis Groupe announced today the acquisition of the South Africa-based company Epic Communications, the country’s leading independent integrated strategic communications agency

Hobsons, the world’s leader in connecting learning to life, today announced the acquisition of Starfish Retention Solutions, the leading provider of student success and advising systems for higher education institutions

It was announced yesterday that Arrow Electronics has purchased Hearst publishing’s United Technical Publications, which includes 16 engineering web sites, e-newsletters, inventory access tools and databases. The deal gives Arrow a powerful electronics B2B content marketing platform to reach a claimed 1 million engineering professionals worldwide. Trade magazine Electronic Products is part of the deal.