Deals

UBM, which is looking to focus on its events operation, said it proposes to return £245m to shareholders following the deal.

Communications Group Limited (STW) and increase its shareholding from 23.6% to 61.5%. STW, Australia and New Zealand’s leading marketing and communications group, is a publicly listed company, whose shares are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange

Buyout firms are vying to take over Thomson Reuters’ science information business for around £2bn as the company seeks to slim down and invest in new technology.

Listed advertising and marketing services firm STW Communications has gone into a trading halt amid speculation of a takeover by Sir Martin Sorrell’s WPP. The move by WPP is not unexpected with the two businesses being closely associated since the late 1990s. STW and WPP partner in some businesses such as Ogilvy, and WPP already owns 23.6 per cent of STW through its subsidiary, Cavendish Square Holdings.

Atlantic Media has held talks with a number of potential buyers interested in digital media about a sale of or potential investment in Quartz, the publishing group’s business news site, according to people familiar with the matter

Ergo Kommunikation specialises in corporate, financial and political comms. The partnership will operate under the name Edelman.ergo. The deal is Edelman’s fourth in Europe in 18 months

Vance Publishing Corp. has agreed to a series of deals under which the B2B media and live event producer’s assets will be sold off and split among Farm Journal Media, Bobit Business Media, and CCI Media, the company announced today

AXIO Data Group today announced that it has completed the sale of IASIST to IMS Health, a leading provider of information and technology services to the healthcare industry. The financial consideration is undisclosed.

Crash Media are motor sport specialists with almost 20 years’ experience developing media solutions for the sector, building more than 100 websites, and producing media management systems for clients including Ducati, Red Bull and Land Rover

Ad technology firm Undertone has been acquired by Perion, a publicly traded Tel Aviv-based global marketing tech firm for $180 million in cash, the companies today confirmed

Publicis Groupe has announced the acquisition of amajority stake in Glickman Shamir Samsonov, one of Israel’s largest creative agencies, adding to Publicis Groupe’s presence in Israel

Rupert Murdoch indulged in some good old-fashioned rumor-mongering over the weekend, triggering an online frenzy with his tweet on Friday that Tribune Publishing will be sold in the near future. However, Tribune moved to dispel the rumor Monday, with a statement that it has no offers pending and is not for sale

Reed Exhibitions, part of RELX Group, is delighted to announce that it has acquired Legend Exhibitions, the organisation behind two of Europe’s leading retail technology and retail design events

The Mission Marketing Group is pleased to announce that it has acquired Chapter Agency Limited which includes the recently acquired Bell and Watson Limited

The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s historic English-language daily newspaper, has received a preliminary takeover offer, with speculation that Jack Ma, the founder of Chinese ecommerce group Alibaba, is a possible buyer.

DMGT announces the disposal of Wowcher, dmg media’s online discount business, to a newly formed company, in which DMGT holds a c.30% stake

In a deal brokered by Martin Wright of Media Mergers Mark Allen Group has acquired dentistry industry publisher George Warman

LRP Conferences announced today the acquisition of the Recruiting Trends Conference. A business unit of Diversified Communications

Broadcaster to air its first series of former BBC singing contest in January 2017 as it also agrees to make two seasons of The Voice Kids

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional today announced that it has acquired privately held Lex Machina, Inc., creator of award-winning Legal Analytics®, a next-generation technology platform that transforms how law firms and companies excel in the business and practice of law. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.