Deals

UBM Plc (UBM.L) is in advanced talks to acquire privately-held U.S. trade show organizer Advanstar for around $900 million, according to people familiar with the matter

UBM Plc (UBM.L) is in advanced talks to acquire privately-held U.S. trade show organizer Advanstar for around $900 million, according to people familiar with the matter

WPP invests in next generation digital content studio Indigenous Media, founded by acclaimed film makers Jon Avnet, Rodrigo Garcia and Jake Avnet

The popular home-interest title was launched in 1998 by BBC Worldwide, enjoying circulation peaks of 150,000 copies, with ownership transferring to Kelsey Media in 2009

In an RNS UBM confirmed today that discussions were in progress with Advanstar but declined any further details

nforma Middle East has boosted its profile in the commercial retail market with the acquisition of Channels Exhibitions, a UAE firm specialising in commercial retail and photography events

We are pleased to announce the completion of the sale of History of War print and digital magazine, and its related website to Imagine Publishing Ltd for an undisclosed sum. The title was launched earlier this year by Anthem Publishing

Media Mergers has brokered a sale of History of War magazine to Imagine Publishing

F2f events has sold The Back Pain Show to BackCare Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the charity BackCare

C&IT has spoken to key industry figures for their reaction to the £2.9m management buyout of events agency Zibrant and the sale of Motivcom to Sodexo for £41m.

Barton is the behind Diagnostic Questions, a website which enables teachers to create and share maths questions. Since launch earlier in 2014, over 5,000 teachers have registered to use the site, creating more than 2,250 multiple choice questions

WPP announces that Kantar Health, its wholly-owned global healthcare consulting firm, has acquired Focus Assistência Médica S/S Ltda. and Classe Assistência Médica S/S Ltda. (“Evidências”), a leading healthcare research company, in Brazil

Four Communications is making preparations to buy Consolidated PR next month as it seeks to strengthen its consumer credentials. Four Communications CEO Nan Williams said that Consolidated’s size – which she claimed was around £2.5m in annual fee income – was similar to other agencies snapped up by the group, which posted a £10.8m fee […]

Yet another big publisher may be exiting the newspaper business, as Digital First Media considers selling some or all of its assets, according to a report in the The Denver Post, which is controlled by Digital First

In a press release today Motivcom have announced that the board of Sodexo Motivation Solutions U.K. Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sodexo SA, and the independent directors of Motivcom plc are pleased to announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended acquisition under which SMSUK will acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Motivcom

Thomson Reuters has put a package of specialty publications on the block, including Buyouts and Venture Capital Journal, two sources said

Months after rumors that short-form ebook publisher Byliner was going out of business, the company has found a buyer in ebook publishing start-up Vook

Count Dentsu out as an acquirer of the Interpublic Group or Havas Group, at least for the foreseeable future. Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference in New York Thursday, Tim Andree, EVP at Japan-based Dentsu, said the holding company was not interested in purchasing either holding at this time. For the full story read […]

Count Dentsu out as an acquirer of the Interpublic Group or Havas Group, at least for the foreseeable future. Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference in New York Thursday, Tim Andree, EVP at Japan-based Dentsu, said the holding company was not interested in purchasing either holding at this time. For the full story read […]

ES Global – the largest network of teachers in the world with over six million registered teachers – has announced a significant investment in Barton Woodhead Education Ltd. – developers of Diagnostic Questions (http://www.DiagnosticQuestions.com), a website that allows teachers to create and share ‘hinge’ questions that instantly identify student misconceptions in maths