Anthem Publishing Ltd has today announced it is in advanced negotiations to sell its Music Making titles to BandLab Technologies. The purchase is anticipated to complete in the next two weeks and encompasses MusicTech, MusicTech Focus, The Guitar Magazine, Guitar Classics, www.musictech.net and www.theguitarmagazine.com, as well as other associated websites and social media pages.
DIY survey software company SurveyMonkey has announced that its parent company SVMK has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares of its common stock. Director Sheryl Sandberg, who is also Facebook’s COO, will donate her ten per cent stake in the firm to her charity.
Eventbrite, the online ticketing platform, plans to raise $200m in an initial public offering. Over 700,000 event organisers used Eventbrite to sell tickets to about 3m events, from small yoga sessions to large music festivals, in over 170 countries.
The Bauer Media Group has agreed to acquire Jazz FM – the UK’s leading national commercial radio service for jazz, soul and blues.
A spokeswoman for New York Media has confirmed that the Wasserstein family is considering “investment interest and strategic opportunities” and “evaluating the market” following reports that New York magazine and its digital offshoots are up for sale.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that private equity and real estate funds managed by the firm have completed the previously announced acquisition of PSAV, a global leader in event experiences. As part of the completed transaction, affiliates of Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will be reinvesting alongside Blackstone in the transaction to continue to participate in the ongoing growth of PSAV
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox posted an offer document for its 14 pounds a share bid to buy Sky late yesterday evening, but did not raise its bid to top rival Comcast’s
Euromoney adds to its price reporting business with the acquisition of Random Lengths for US$18.2m
Condé Nast announced earlier this week that it would explore the sale of three of its titles: Brides, Golf Digest and, and perhaps most surprising, W.
The Mark Allen Group (MAG) has won the bid to acquire all the assets in the Rhinegold Group
Exponent has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Dennis Publishing (“Dennis”), a multi-platform international media group which owns several award-winning brands including its flagship title, The Week
Vitesse Media plc, the AIM quoted digital media and events business, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the trade and assets of InvestmentNews and a proposed conditional placing
Nine Entertainment has announced a takeover of Fairfax Media in a surprise deal worth an estimated $4bn.
The merger, which the television network claims will create Australia’s largest integrated media player, was announced to the stock market on Thursday.
ITE Group plc today announces it has sold its 75% stake in ECMI ITE Asia Sdn. Bhd. (“ECMI”), a Malaysia-based events business, and related assets in Indonesia to UBMMG Holdings Sdn. Bhd., a subsidiary of UBM plc which recently became part of the Informa Group, for a cash consideration of MYR 15m1 (c. £2.8m*). This disposal is in line with the Group’s Transformation and Growth Programme (the “TAG Programme”).
QD Events, Scotland’s biggest event organiser, has announced the acquisition of the Scottish Fitness and Nutrition Expo. SFN has grown significantly since its inaugural event in 2013, with record attendances and high exhibitor retention rates. QD has been a partial shareholder since 2016, when it acquired 25% of the show. It now owns the remainder of SFN, after a bid for the further 75% was accepted.
The deal would see the Group sell its Capitol Hill-focused subsidiary to D.C.-based startup FiscalNote in exchange for an 18-percent stake in the buyer
Mercator Media Limited has acquired the Coastlink Network Limited, a neutral pan-European network dedicated to the promotion of short sea and feeder container shipping and how it forms part of a competitive supply chain.
Huntsworth has bolstered its healthcare capabilities by acquiring San Francisco agency Giant Creative Strategy for an initial sum of $72.2m from Shamrock Capital Growth Fund III.
Huntsworth has acquired WRG owner The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG) from private equiry firm LDC for a total of £24.7m, in a move to bolster its offering in the healthcare sector and the US market.
MR software, services and solutions provider thinqonline has been sold to digital marcoms group Next15’s data collection agency VIGA, for an undisclosed sum
