Deals

Singapore music start-up in tie-up with magazine’s publisher Wenner Media for global push

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

Press Release: WPP announces that it is making an investment in Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes SAS (“LNEI”), the media group focused on investments in the French and international media sectors

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

Media-Mergers’ Press Release 20 September 2016 In a deal brokered by Martin Wright of Media-Mergers (www.mediamergers.co.uk) The London Stationery Show, the UK’s most important trade exhibition for the paper and writing products industry, its consumer awareness campaign National Stationery Week, and Stationery Magazine have been acquired by Ocean Media Group, a leading provider of exhibitions, […]

Exponent Private Equity dashed to the finish line yesterday at it completed the acquisition of the leading horse and sports betting publication The Racing Post

Press release: London: Informa (LSE: INF.L), (“Informa”), the international Business Intelligence, Exhibitions, Events and Academic Publishing Group, has reached agreement with MidOcean Partners and Wasserstein & Co to acquire the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of Penton, the leading independent US-based Exhibitions and Professional Information Services group for £1,180m

Cosin & Associados Consultoria e Serviços de Informática – to give it its full title – was established in 2005 by brothers Arnaldo and Alessandro Cosin, who previously worked in major consulting companies Accenture, IBM and CapGemini. The firm’s services include business consulting, IT consulting and project management with a deep specialism in retail. Based in São Paulo, it now employs around 200 professionals

In line with its consistent endeavors toward transforming into a data-driven company, Time Inc. recently bought a customer survey provider, Bizrate Insights, which was previously owned by Connexity Inc. It also stated that Bizrate Insights’ survey platform will be combined with its affinity marketing subsidiary, Synapse Group, Inc.

Media agency WPP has invested in UK-based online medical education provider, The Corpus.The Corpus has developed a dedicated online platform to provide small-group interactive training sessions for healthcare practitioners delivered by clinicians

The long-prophesied wave of b2b media consolidation has not come crashing down quite yet, but the sector still saw its fair share of significant mergers and acquisitions over the first six months of 2016. The year began in the wake of Cision’s $841 million purchase of PR Newswire from UBM, which continues to reassert it’s “events-first” business strategy.

WPP said on Tuesday that Plista, a provider of data-driven native advertising and part of Xaxis – its global programmatic media company – has acquired Oslo-based real-time content analytics group Linkpulse. Linkpulse works with over 120 publishers in Europe, enabling them to track the performance of articles across devices via customised dashboards and alerts. WPP […]

Peter Dubens, the publicity-shy entrepreneur who floated Time Out magazine, has generated a €129m (£108m) windfall for his listed private equity firm Oakley Capital, after it sold an online dating website to a German broadcaster

Marcoms giant Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired data-driven programmatic ad company Accordant Media for an undisclosed sum

The publisher of the Guardian and a private equity firm have cashed in £200m of shares in business media firm Ascential

United Kingdom-based provider of employee engagement and customer engagement services will expand Blackhawk’s growing incentives business portfolio

United Kingdom-based provider of employee engagement and customer engagement services will expand Blackhawk’s growing incentives business portfolio

Press Release: Emerald Expositions, LLC (“Emerald”), a leading business-to-business trade show and conference producer, today announced its acquisition of the Swim Collective and Active Collective trade shows, from Shannon Leggett, their founder.

Press Release: Bonnier Corporation, one of the largest special-interest publishing groups in the country, has acquired the Sand Sports Super Show, the world’s premier sand sports trade show and consumer expo, it was announced today by Matt Hickman, vice president of brand strategies, Bonnier Corp. The strategic acquisition solidifies Bonnier Corp.’s leadership in the off-road, sand sports and motorsports segments, complementing the company’s repertoire of renowned publications and events geared toward enthusiast audiences

World Water Works, the show for coastal, waterway and port developments, from ESC international has been acquired by Easyfairs. The most recent edition of the show welcomed more than 300 delegates and 50 exhibitors from sectors including ports and waterways maintenance and construction, dredging, wet and dry infrastructures, hinterland protection and water-related civil engineering for bridges, locks and tunnels