Deals

Condé Nast announced earlier this week that it would explore the sale of three of its titles: Brides, Golf Digest and, and perhaps most surprising, W.

The Mark Allen Group (MAG) has won the bid to acquire all the assets in the Rhinegold Group

Exponent has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Dennis Publishing (“Dennis”), a multi-platform international media group which owns several award-winning brands including its flagship title, The Week

Vitesse Media plc, the AIM quoted digital media and events business, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the trade and assets of InvestmentNews and a proposed conditional placing

Nine Entertainment has announced a takeover of Fairfax Media in a surprise deal worth an estimated $4bn.

The merger, which the television network claims will create Australia’s largest integrated media player, was announced to the stock market on Thursday.

ITE Group plc today announces it has sold its 75% stake in ECMI ITE Asia Sdn. Bhd. (“ECMI”), a Malaysia-based events business, and related assets in Indonesia to UBMMG Holdings Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of UBM plc which recently became part of the Informa Group, for a cash consideration of MYR 15m1 (c. £2.8m*).  This disposal is in line with the Group’s Transformation and Growth Programme (the “TAG Programme”).

QD Events, Scotland’s biggest event organiser, has announced the acquisition of the Scottish Fitness and Nutrition Expo. SFN has grown significantly since its inaugural event in 2013, with record attendances and high exhibitor retention rates. QD has been a partial shareholder since 2016, when it acquired 25% of the show. It now owns the remainder of SFN, after a bid for the further 75% was accepted.

The deal would see the Group sell its Capitol Hill-focused subsidiary to D.C.-based startup FiscalNote in exchange for an 18-percent stake in the buyer

Mercator Media Limited has acquired the Coastlink Network Limited, a neutral pan-European network dedicated to the promotion of short sea and feeder container shipping and how it forms part of a competitive supply chain.

Huntsworth has bolstered its healthcare capabilities by acquiring San Francisco agency Giant Creative Strategy for an initial sum of $72.2m from Shamrock Capital Growth Fund III.

Huntsworth has acquired WRG owner The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG) from private equiry firm LDC for a total of £24.7m, in a move to bolster its offering in the healthcare sector and the US market.

MR software, services and solutions provider thinqonline has been sold to digital marcoms group Next15’s data collection agency VIGA, for an undisclosed sum

Wilmington, the provider of information, education and networking services in Risk & Compliance, Professional and Healthcare knowledge areas, has announced the sale of ICP, its specialist leading credit reporting company, to its current management team. The transaction price of £3.0m will be paid in instalments over the next five years. 

SBS is a specialist provider of innovative Know Your Customer due diligence and anti-money laundering solutions that enable financial institutions to identify, assess and manage risk across the enterprise. SBS’s solutions perform advanced false positive reduction and risk assessment in the account screening process across a number of sectors, including high volume banks and non-bank financial institutions, bringing greater intelligence for entity resolution to clients worldwide.

Exponent Private Equity is in talks to buy Dennis Publishing, which makes The Week along with other titles including Viz. Sky News reported the group could pay between £150m and £200m for Dennis, and would mark a return to media for Exponent, which previously owned the Radio Times

Anthem CEO, Jon Bickley, said, “We’re delighted to bring Women’s Running on board at Anthem to join our emerging group of women’s wellness brands. Women’s Running is a title I’ve admired for many years for its powerfully strong editorial proposition

Railway Gazette’s parent company DVV Media International has purchased events and digital media business Smart Rail World Ltd and its subsidiary Global Transport Forum Ltd. The London-based business manages a suite of international events in the rail and transport sector including Smart Rail, Smart Transit, Smart Metro, Safe Rail and the Transport Security Congress.

Future proposes to acquire Purch’s consumer division in a deal worth £105.7m ($132.5m)

Venues & Events Live, the UK’s leading events industry trade show and networking opportunity for corporate event organisers, has been sold by Monomax Limited to Ocean Media Group Limited, the London based events and digital information business. The terms of the deal are not being disclosed

The cold war between 21st Century Fox and Comcast over ownership of Sky has finally turned hot, as yesterday evening the US cable operator swooped in with a £26bn bid, hours after the Murdoch camp improved its own offer