Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory announced today that it has acquired eVision Industry Software BV, a global provider of industrial operational risk management software, for $145 million, excluding a deferred contingent consideration.
Endeavor Business Media has acquired Vendome Group’s Healthcare Informatics brand, the Nashville-based b2b firm announced Friday.
Rockville, Md.-based b2b media and information company Access Intelligence—parent company to Folio:—has acquired P3C Media, owner and operator of the Public-Private Partnership (P3) Conference and Expo, for an undisclosed sum, the two firms announced Monday.
In a trading update Centaur announced that their board had reviewed the groups dstructure.
It said: In recent months, Centaur has received approaches for a number of its assets from potential trade and private equity buyers who recognise the intrinsic value in these businesses, which operate in fast-changing market segments and where leading brands can fetch attractive valuations. The Board believes this value is not reflected in Centaur’s current share price.
UK marcoms group Next Fifteen Communications (Next15) has acquired insight-led US B2B demand generation company Activate Marketing Services. The deal is valued at an initial $9m in cash, with up to $48m to be added over the next five years.
Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the global specialist information company focused on the digital economy, announces the acquisition of Flywheel Digital LLC (“Flywheel”), a leading US-based provider of managed services to consumer product companies trading on Amazon, for an initial cash consideration of $60 million plus earn out payments payable over three years.
German broadcaster Prosieben has acquired US online dating website Eharmony in the first major deal since it launched an e-commerce partnership with investment firm General Atlantic.
Touch Medical Media Announce the Acquisition of Heart International, a Leading Cardiology Journal, and Form a Strategic Partnership with Interventional Academy, Owner of the Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3) Global Summit
CloserStill Media has acquired a majority stake in Focuszone Media, Inc., operating as The eLearning Guild, for an undisclosed sum. The eLearning Guild has a 40,000+ membership community of learning and development professionals in the United States and around the world.
UK-based Tarsus Group has bought the remaining 50% share of its joint venture in Mexico with E.J. Krause for $18m. The global organiser has also announced deals in Southeast Asia and the United Arab Emirates.
Terrapinn, the global events company, announced today that it has acquired Solar and Storage Live from Solar Media. Solar and Storage Live is the UK’s leading solar and storage exhibition, conference and awards.
Private Equity Funds managed by Blackstone announce the acquisition of the National Exhibition Centre Group , a leading live events venue operator in the UK, from LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group.
Johnston Press, which owns titles include the i newspaper, the Scotsman and the Yorkshire Post, has put itself up for sale. The beleaguered publisher, which owns almost 200 regional newspapers, had become bogged down in negotiations with bondholders over a £220m refinancing due in June that it cannot afford.
ehi Live 2019 will be fully incorporated into the next Digital Healthcare Show, which is part of the Health+Care series of events held on 26-27 June, 2019 at London ExCeL. This change follows the show’s sale to event organisers, CloserStill Media.
Skift have announced that they are acquiring the 14-year old newsletter Airline Weekly and its related assets. AW is a subscription-only publication, built by the original team of Jay Shabat, Seth Kaplan, and Jason Cottrell into a highly influential global read consumed by CEOs and senior executives in the airlines sector. It’s paid for by readers who want a more interesting, deeper, and comprehensive read about the ins and outs of the airline business. We will build on its expertise to both deepen and expand it in various ways.
ITE, one of the world’s leading organisers of international exhibitions and conferences, today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business and assets relating to Mining Indaba from Euromoney Institutional Investor for £30.1 million, on a cash-free, debt-free basis and subject to normalised working capital
Huntsworth plc, the healthcare and communications group, today announces it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire 80% of Navience Healthcare Solutions LLC (“Navience”), an independent payer advisory and marketing agency, for an initial cash consideration of $24m (the “Initial Consideration”). It is intended that the Initial Consideration will be funded by a placing of new ordinary shares in the capital of the Company (the “Placing”), to raise approximately £18m, with any proceeds in excess of the Initial Consideration to be used to pay expenses relating to the acquisition and the Placing.
DC Thomson Media has announced the acquisition of Aceville Publications, a Colchester based magazine publisher. This is the largest acquisition within the Media business for a number of years and will materially change the landscape for DC Thomson Media.
Accrording to The Daily Mail the company that runs the London Vet Show and a number of other events, could be about to change hands for up to £300million amid a frenzied year of buyouts in the events and exhibitions sector. City sources said the private equity owners of CloserStill Media have appointed bankers from DC Advisory Partners to find a buyer for the business.
Comcast has triumphed over 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney in the auction for Sky with a £30.6bn bid in a deal that will redraw the global media landscape. Comcast’s £17.28 a share bid beat a rival £15.67 a share bid from Fox, which was backed by Disney, and came in the third and final round of an auction when each bidder was asked to make their best offer for the broadcaster. The Comcast offer values Sky at almost £4bn more than the Disney-Fox bid
