UBM scooped up a new show in the U.S., The Battery Show North America, from another UK-based company – Smarter Shows. The Battery Show and collocated events will be part of UBM’s Advanced Manufacturing Group.
Prospects Press Release: Prospects, the market-leading education, employment and skills company, has acquired Optimus Education. Optimus Education was founded in 1997 to help primary and secondary school leadership teams manage staff development efficiently and effectively, stay compliant and drive whole school improvement through a variety of conferences, events and training resources
Hearst has acquired CAMP Systems International Inc. in its latest move toward diversification in the information and data sectors. CAMP was acquired from GTCR, a private equity firm, for around $2 billion, according to sources familiar with the situation. The exact sum was not disclosed
Acquisition of Evenementenhal – from H2 Equity Partners and ABN AMRO Participaties – puts Artexis Easyfairs among the world’s leading events organisers and venue operators
Press Release: Ascential plc: (the “Group” / LSE: ASCL.L), the international business to business media company with a focused portfolio of market-leading events and information services products, is pleased to announce the launch of Money20/20 Asia from 13-15 March 2018 in Singapore
Bewkes says $85.4bn deal can boost competition as rivals call for regulatory scrutiny
Time Warner would give a competitive advantage over rivals such as Verizon, T-Mobile US and Sprint with a so-called “vertical integration” strategy, allowing it to use its internet and telecoms services to distribute Time Warner’s film and television portfolio
Citic Private Equity, part of China’s top financial conglomerate, has held preliminary talks to buy a roughly €2bn controlling stake in Spain’s Imagina Group, a media company that distributes the country’s top football league internationally and has also backed films including Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The discussions between the unit of the powerful state-backed […]
Press Release: UDG Healthcare plc, a leading international provider of healthcare services, announces that it has acquired STEM Marketing Limited, the leading global provider of commercial, marketing and medical audits to pharmaceutical companies for a total consideration of up to £84m ($103m)
Time Out Group has announced the acquisition of London-based events and ticket booking company YPlan
National Pavement Expo is the leading industry event for contractors in the asphalt, concrete paving, sealcoating, striping, sweeping crack sealing, pavement repair and snow removal industries in the US
AXIO Group, which manages a global portfolio of market-leading information businesses has announced it has received a binding offer from M3, Inc. to purchase Vidal Group (‘Vidal’), a leading European provider of reference drug information for healthcare professionals, for €100 million
Press Release Emerald Expositions, LLC (“Emerald”), a leading business-to-business trade show and conference producer, today announced its acquisition of the Digital Dealer Conference & Expo from Dealer Communication
Press Release WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating company Xaxis, the world’s largest global programmatic media and technology platform, has agreed to acquire, subject to regulatory approval, Triad Retail Media, a leading digital retail media specialist in the US
Press Release: Future plc (LSE: FUTR, “the Group”, “Future”), the international media group and leading digital business, has been informed that the CMA has no objection to Future completing the acquisition of Imagine Publishing Limited.
George Warman Publications (GWP), part of the Mark Allen Group, has acquired Dental Showcase from the British Dentist Industry Association (BDIA) for an undisclosed sum. The country’s leading dental trade exhibition, which has existed since the 1930s, will join a company that includes the leading brands Dental Update, The Dentist and Dental Nursing.
RAI Amsterdam has taken a 50% share in IBEX, the International Boatbuilders Exhibition and Conference. This renowned trade show for professionals in the yachting sector is the American version of the RAI’s own event METSTRADE (Marine Equipment Trade Show), which is held every year in Amsterdam. The deal was officially announced on 4 October 2016 at the opening of IBEX 2016 in Tampa, USA.
New York-based ad targeting tech specialist AppNexus has closed a $31m investment round, including $10m from Rupert Murdoch’s media group News Corp, which will now have access to AppNexus’ full suite of technology products.The firm’s software helps publishers maximize yield; and marketers and agencies harness data and machine learning to deliver intelligent and customized campaigns
Media company might be interested in acquiring the money-losing news service, reports say
Press Release: Next 15, the digital communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of PMC Investments Limited (“Pinnacle”), a specialist technical content and digital marketing business with customers in the electronics, telecoms and engineering sectors, including Toshiba Electronics, Sandvik Coromant and European Telecommunications Standards Institute
