Deals

Diversified Communications announced today the acquisition of Luxperience, Australia’s only event dedicated exclusively to the business of luxury travel. “As a premium invitation-only hosted buyer model that features awards and networking opportunities, Luxperience is in a great position to understand and continue to service the needs of this growing community,” stated General Manager of Diversified Communications Australia, David Longman

Hearst has agreed to acquire Gruner + Jahr Media Netherlands, which publishes print and digital editions of media brands including Glamour, Vogue, JAN, Designer Vintage, National Geographic and Quest as well as custom content activities. The brands and all other activities will become part of Hearst Magazines and will be published through Hearst Netherlands, which reaches an audience of 5.5 million through brands such as Cosmopolitan

Informa this week announced the majority acquisition of its German/Swiss domestic conference business Euroforum by leading German media group, Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt GmbH.

Press release: Mark Allen Group has announced its intention to acquire the UK’s leading brand for social work professionals.

Press release: RWS Holdings plc (“RWS), the world’s leading provider of intellectual property (“IP”) support services (patent translations, international patent filing solutions and searches) and a leading provider of life sciences and commercial language services, today announces the acquisition of Article One Partners, LLC (“AOP”), a cutting-edge IP information business based in the United States, for a cash consideration of US$8 million (“the Acquisition”). 

Press release: The UK’s leading food, drink and hospitality events company accelerates growth through strategic acquisitions and organic growth
Fresh Montgomery, the UK’s leading organiser of food, drink & hospitality events, has acquired Pub18, the only show entirely dedicated to the UK pub industry. The acquisition will strengthen Fresh Montgomery’s position as the most comprehensive events organisation in the market serving the food, drink and hospitality industries.

Press Release: QS is delighted to announce that we have acquired Hobsons Solutions, the leading provider of international enrolment management solutions to universities worldwide, which will be renamed ‘QS Enrolment Solutions’.
QS was founded in 1990 by Nunzio Quacquarelli (CEO, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) as a student project at the Wharton School with the mission to enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfill their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career development.

WPP is preparing to lock horns with Bain Capital in Tokyo, after the Boston-based private equity firm launched a $1.3bn tender offer for Japan’s third-biggest advertising agency — a long-term business partner of the UK-listed giant. Just hours after Bain’s offer was made public, people close to WPP said on Monday night that it did not intend to sell its 24.7 per cent stake in Asatsu-DK (ADK) at the ¥3,660 price offered by Bain, as the tender “severely undervalues” the Japanese firm.

Press release: Briefing Media, the world’s leading agribusiness media and Information Company, today announce a significant strategic investment and partnership with Urner Barry Publications Inc

Press release: Hobsons Inc. has sold its Radius, AppReview, ApplyYourself, Connect, and Retain CRM and application management product lines to Campus Management Corp. These solutions are used by more than 700 colleges and universities in the United States and around the globe. The acquisition continues to build out Campus Management’s solution portfolio, making it the largest and best-in-class higher education Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) provider. The company now includes the approximately 100-person, dedicated team of CRM and application management experts from Hobsons who will continue to design, develop, implement, and support these solutions at Campus Management

The US publishing giant Time Inc is in talks with Epiris about a takeover of its UK magazines subsidiary, Sky News learns.

US Magazine publisher Time Inc said it was looking to sell several assets, including Time Inc UK, Time Customer Service and a majority stake in the Essence magazine, CNBC reported on Friday

The titles involved in the deal include the daily Leader (covering Wrexham and Flintshire), the Chester Standard, Powys County Times, Denbighshire Free Press, Whitchurch Herald and North Wales Chronicle.

Flashes&Flames: Facebook and all those bloggers and vloggers have shredded the magazine market. “Me time” used to describe readers’ relationships with their favourite magazines; now it belongs to social media. For enduring brands, print is becoming ancillary to digital services. Many will still prosper, but magazines are becoming a much smaller business

Informa has acquired Dove Medical Press to strengthening its capability and presence in the OA (open access) publishing market. Terms were not disclosed

Premier League clubs are braced for digital giants such as Amazon and Facebook to gate-crash the bidding for streaming rights when the next TV deal is negotiated in the coming months, according to Ed Woodward, the executive vice-chairman of Manchester United

The publisher of Rolling Stone has announced it has put its controlling stake in the magazine up for sale

Press release: Next 15, the digital communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Elvis Communications Limited (“Elvis”), a UK based integrated digital agency with a focus on consumer brands

Press release from Rossmould: Messe Frankfurt consolidates its portfolio of technology shows with Rosmould – International trade fair for mold-making, prototyping and 3D technologies. The agreement for purchase was signed by Moldexpo LLC, the owner of the show, and Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH, the part of Messe Frankfurt Group. “Russia remains one of the countries with high potential for economic growth and exhibition business as well. On the market is seen the rise of demand for machine tools for such key sectors as power generation, transport, automotive and agriculture. Since 2006, RosMould has united the specialists from the wide range of industries, providing the innovative solutions in the field of design and engineering of products, equipment for prototyping, manufacturing of moulds, die moulds and stamps. Messe Frankfurt is one of the key player on exhibition market worldwide with strong expertise in many business fields. Its experience will greatly contribute to the further development of RosMould,” notes Dmitry Sorokorensky, President of Moldexpo LLC.

Press release: CloserStill Media has today announced that they are acquiring Technology For Marketing (TFM), eCommerce Expo, the Care Show and Top 50 Companies from UBM.

CloserStill Media is partnering with Graeme Howe and Justin Opie to run the technology portfolio of TFM, eCommerce Expo and the Top 50