Magazine publisher Future reported it had reduced its pre-tax losses today as it forecast further acquisitions activity. In April, Future acquired Noble House Media, a publisher specialising in technology and the mobile industry, and Blaze Publishing, which covers the music and shooting sectors. And the publisher anticipates more activity to strengthen its portfolios in both its media and magazine divisions.
Elsevier, the scientific publisher owned by RELX Group, has bought the Social Science Research Network, a website on which academics share draft papers that have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal. On Tuesday, the company announced that it had acquired SSRN, which has more than 2m users and ranks as one of the world’s most popular repositories of research in economics, law and social sciences, for an undisclosed sum
Gannett today announced that it has increased its offer to acquire Tribune Publishing Company to $15.00 per share from $12.25 per share — a 22.5% increase. The move comes after its initial bid was rejected and Tribune adopted a “poison pill” plan to block the offer
Freeman has told EW that its purchase of market research and consulting firm Exhibit Surveys reflects the importance of data for marketing events.
The move supports the company’s goal to continue to grow its resources to support strategy, design and digital by adding an experienced group of researchers with a deep understanding of data and measurement.
Press Release: Future plc, the international media group and leading digital business, has acquired, for an undisclosed sum, the assets of Blaze Publishing. Blaze is a UK-based publisher and event organiser, which focuses on the shooting and music sectors through a combination of events, consumer magazines, trade publications and contract publishing.
New York-based events firm Argyle Executive Forum, LLC has acquired business media company Innovation Enterprise from private equity firm Seguin Partners and minority stake owner The Economist Group
According to the Sunday Times, the publisher’s private equity owner Exponent is interviewing advisers for handling the sale that is expected to be completed before the summer.
One of Britain’s biggest magazine publishers, Immediate Media sells 74m magazines every year including BBC titles like Good Food, Homes & Antiques, Gardeners’ World, and Match of the Day among others. The media house also owns other UK consumer titles like Triathlon, Urban Cyclist, You and Your wedding, and Horrible Histories
The decision to divest Maintec and Facilities Management was made to concentrate the organiser’s focus and resources on the growth of its international portfolios in engineering, packaging, oil, petroleum & gas storage, and the laboratory, pharma and healthcare sectors, stated Easyfairs
Omnicom Health Group has agreed to acquire BioPharm Communications, a specialist in multichannel marketing programs to physicians and healthcare practitioners for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. The acquisition is designed to bolster Omnicom’s data-driven marketing capabilities in the healthcare sector
Leading commercial real estate B2B media and events firm looks to capitalize on a decade’s worth of rapid expansion
IMS Health and healthcare consultancy Quintiles are planning to merge in an all-stock transaction which will value the combined company – Quintiles IMS Holdings – at $17.6 billion. Combined 2015 revenue for the two firms was around $7.2 billion
The listing, planned for June on the alternative investment market, would value the company at more than £200m. Oakley Capital, Time Out’s controlling shareholder since 2011, has confirmed “it has commenced a process of review of the investment in Time Out”
US telecoms group wants to offer an alternative to Google and Facebook but some are sceptical
Gannett Co. (GCI), which owns USA TODAY and more than 100 other media properties across the country, said Monday it offered to buy Tribune Publishing (TPUB) for about $815 million, its second big expansion move since spinning off from its former parent less than a year ago
Samantha Cameron’s stepfather is in line to share a £40million windfall after selling part of the TV production business behind hit children’s show Octonauts. Viscount William Astor will split the cash with media mogul Lord Waheed Alli thanks to a deal which valued their firm Silvergate Media at between £70million and £80million. Shamrock Capital Advisers – a […]
The merger of WPP and STW in Australia creates an $850 million business. It dwarfs the nearest competition by a long way and CEO of the newly formed WPP AUNZ, Michael Connaghan, expects it to punch through $1 billion before too long. With more than 90 agencies in the combined business, consolidation is inevitable. Connaghan said as much, speaking to AdNews just hours after the merger was passed by shareholders
BJI serves the men’s apparel and women’s apparel and accessories markets under the following leading tradeshow brands: AccessoriesTheShow, EDIT, FAME, Moda, MRket and Stitch. These shows run multiple times a year and in some cases are located in the same venues as UBM shows. BJI also operates several websites and publications serving the fashion sector. In 2015, BJI’s revenues were approximately $40m – $33m from Events and $7m from Other Marketing Services
In a Q1 earnings announcement Publicis said: “We don’t expect this year to be a year of large or numerous acquisitions” with the possible exception of Samsung’s ad agency Cheil Worldwide, the second largest Asian agency outside of Japan. Levy confirms acquisition talks, believing the South Korean-based agency would be a great fit to complement its digital expertise and global footprint. But he says these discussions have had “ups and downs” and “we are in a plateau today.”
Iris, part of Cheil Worldwide, is acquiring Founded, a creative agency with offices in London and San Francisco. This deal will further extend Iris’ expertise in business-to-business (B2B) marketing, CRM, creative technology and strategic planning. Plus, Iris will now have a footprint on the west coast through Founded’s San Francisco office, opened in 2015. Terms of the deal were not disclosed
NEW YORK, April 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Burson-Marsteller, a leading global strategic communications and public relations firm, announced today it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Turkish communications firm Effect PR. Headquartered inIstanbul, Effect PR has been Burson-Marsteller’s exclusive affiliate partner in Turkey since 2012. Following the acquisition, it will become a full member of the network and be renamed Effect Burson-Marsteller
