Deals

Move Creates Global Powerhouse for Aerospace, Defense and Security Insight and Analysis

Wilmington has completed the sale of the entire issued share capital of WDIS to Optima

TSL Education, the UK’s leading educational publisher, today announces that it has been acquired by Charterhouse Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum. Under the arrangement, the existing management team will be staying with the business to drive through TSL’s plans for growth

In press release today Incisive Media announced the acqustion of VNU Business Publications.This was a back to back transaction from 3i following their acquisition of the Dutch and European publishing interests.

Press Release: MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein Co., LP today announced an agreement for co-ownership of Prism Business Media, upon completion of Prism’s previously announced acquisition of Penton Media. Under the agreement, MidOcean Partners will acquire a 50% ownership interest in the combined Prism/Penton entity from Wasserstein Co. and its investment partners, Highfields Capital Management and Lexington Partners.

Penton Media, the once troubled trade publisher, has been sold to Wasserstein & Co., and will be merged with Prism Business Media, creating a new b-to-b giant, with revenue nearing $500 million

CMP Media’s assets include 14 magazines, eight events, numerous supplements and newsletters, custom products and more than 20 online properties

Exponent Private Equity today announces the £13m acquisition of Magicalia, a leading UK online publishing group which was launched in 1999 by joint managing directors Adam Laird and Jeremy Tapp

TechTarget announced today it has acquired Los Angeles-based 20/20 Software, operator of the web site 2020software.com. 2020software.com is the only site focused on providing detailed feature-comparison information and access to trial software for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) seeking trial versions of CRM, ERP, accounting, human resources, salesforce-automation and other business software

Wilmington Group plc, the professional information and training group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of two directories

Kleinwort Capital Limited (‘KCL’) has today announced an investment of £7 million into Imagine Publishing Limited (‘Imagine’) to fund the acquisition of certain assets from the receivers of Highbury Entertainment Limited

ACC Capital sells Puzzler Media for £85m to DC Thomson representing a very good 3.9x mutiple on the buy-in in 2002.

Wilmington has completed the sale of its Drinks publishing division to William Reed Publishing

Wilmington has completed the sale of its Drinks publishing division to William Reed Publishing

Future plc announces that it has entered into an agreement with the Board of Highbury House Communications plc (“Highbury”) to acquire 38 magazine titles, and associated assets, for a cash consideration of £30.5 million

Future Network has further extended its magazine portfolio by buying A&S for £5.95m

Wiley has acquired A&M Publishing Ltd., the Guildford, U.K.-based publisher for the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, and GIT Verlag GmbH, a Darmstadt, Germany-based publisher for the chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, security and engineering industries. The terms of the transactions, which closed during the week of April 15, were not disclosed.