Ascential launches Money20/20 Asia in Singapore

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

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Why does AT&T want to buy Time Warner

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

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Citic PE held talks for controlling stake in Imagina Group

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 […]

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AXIO Group announces the sale of Vidal Group

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

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MARK ALLEN GROUP BUYS DENTAL SHOWCASE

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.

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RAI Amsterdam acquires US boatbuilder exhibition IBEX

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.

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News Corp Buys $10m Stake in AppNexus

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

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Next 15 acquires digital agency Pinnacle

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

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Argus Media stake sale set to close after tax issues resolved

The sale of a controlling stake in Argus Media is set to close next week after a two-month delay caused in part by tax issues, including one related to the energy reporting company’s executive chairman. Adrian Binks, who is also its publisher, is credited with turning what was once a small London-based energy newsletter into an almost £1bn enterprise over the course of the past 30 years

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Centaur acquires specialist marketing consultancy Oystercatchers

Centaur Media Plc (LSE: CAU), the multi-platform business information, insight and events group, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the business and assets of Oystercatchers LLP (“Oystercatchers”). Oystercatchers will build on Centaur’s Econsultancy and other marketing assets to provide an international leading consultancy in the marketing sector

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