Nineteen Group has acquired Broden Media Limited (“Broden Media”), the organiser of The Emergency Services Show and publisher of Emergency Services Timesmagazine. This is the latest acquisition by Nineteen Group, in line with the team’s plan to build a leading independent trade exhibitions organiser through organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that it has acquired HighQ, a leading collaboration platform for the legal and regulatory market. Based in London with offices in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and India, HighQ offers a secure cloud-based platform for business collaboration, workflow automation and client engagement. HighQ currently serves more than 400 customers, including more than half of the Global 100 largest law firms.
London Stock Exchange PLC (LON:LSE) has confirmed advanced talks over a US$27bn all-share takeover of financial data firm Refinitiv currently owned by Thomson Reuters (45%) and 55% by fund manager Blackstone’s private equity arm.
Malo Events, the organiser of Kidtropolis, Comic Con Ireland and Summer in The City, is adding to its portfolio of events with the acquisition of The Digital Kids Show from Engage Media Solutions.
Future plc has reached an agreement to acquire online publisher and B2B newsletter specialist SmartBrief, the London-based firm announced Monday, the latest in a string of purchases aimed at expanding its presence in the U.S.
Savanta, the global intelligence business, has acquired ComRes, the Westminster-based research consultancy. Founded in 2003, ComRes is one of the leading providers of evidence-led advice to inform reputation, public policy and communication strategies.
CloserStill Media, organiser of eCommerce Expo in the UK as well as eCommerce Expo Asia, has acquired two eCommerce events taking place in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, from organiser E World for an undisclosed sum.
Dennis, the publisher of Auto Express, evo and Carbuyer, has acquired social media brand Car Throttle.
Martin Sorrell’s new advertising vehicle S4 Capital (SFOR.L) has acquired an influencer marketing company, IMA, for 10 million euros, combining it with its content arm MediaMonks to bolster production output.
WPP today announces the sale of its minority shareholding in Chime Group Holdings Limited, the sports, entertainment and communications group, to the majority shareholder Providence for £54.4m and potential additional amounts based on the future value of Chime.
According to The Telegraph the business publisher Centaur has been forced to abandon the sale of its flagship title, The Lawyer, after a lengthy sale process failed to secure the price it sought.
(Reuters) – WPP is selling a 60% stake in Kantar to private equity firm Bain Capital, valuing the data analytics business at about $4 billion and giving the British owner of agencies including Ogilvy and Wunderman Thompson funds to cut debt and rebuild.
WPP today announces the sale of its minority shareholding in Chime Group Holdings Limited, the sports, entertainment and communications group, to the majority shareholder Providence for £54.4m and potential additional amounts based on the future value of Chime.
Condé Nast has dumped its £234m stake in Farfetch amid concerns over how the luxury marketplace is managed.
Easyfairs, the global exhibition organiser has acquired the Aesthetics Media portfolio which includes the Aesthetics Conference & Exhibition (ACE), the Aesthetics journal print and digital platform and the Aesthetics Awards.
Thomson Reuters is expanding its audit offering with the acquisition of Confirmation, a provider of secure audit confirmation services, primarily for banking and financial services
Texas Monthly and Conde Nast’s W magazine each announced they are moving to new ownership today. W magazine will join Surface and Watch Journal under a newly formed media company dubbed Future Media Group. W will operate offices in Paris, Milan and New York with a future bureau to open in Los Angeles, under Future Media Group.
Deal positions AgriBriefing to continue building the leading business information, price reporting and data specialist for the global food and agribusiness industry with funding in place to support further M&A opportunities
DVV Media International Ltd (DVV) has today announced its intention to acquire the publishing activities and conferences in the aviation sector from Reed Business Information Ltd (RBI), part of the Risk & Business Analytics (R&BA) market segment of RELX.
Media 10 has sold Asia’s leading design sector events Design Shanghai and Design China Beijing to Clarion Events.
