Flashes&Flames: Kevin Hand, a controversial and influential leader in the UK magazine market for almost 30 years, has died in London after a short illness. He was aged 64
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Flashes&Flames: Kevin Hand, a controversial and influential leader in the UK magazine market for almost 30 years, has died in London after a short illness. He was aged 64
the magazine business jointly owned by The Guardian’s publisher and private equity group Apax, has floated at 200p a share, giving it a market cap of around £800m. Guardian Media Group, which owns around a third of the business, and Apax, which owns two-thirds, will sell a 25pc stake in the company with shares priced between 200p and 210p.
The business, which owns a raft of business titles including Retail Week and Health Service Journal as well as the Cannes Lions advertising festival, will float on Tuesday for up to £840 million. GMG and Apax will sell up to 20 per cent of their stake with shares priced at between 200p to 210p each
In October last year Ascential chief executive Duncan Painter sent a shockwave through the printing industry after he was quoted in the Guardian as saying that all of the firm’s print titles would become digital only “over the next 12 to 18 months”.
Plexus, part of Ascential (formerly Top Right Group), has been working with Abacus e-Media on a major project to upgrade fifteen major brands to the latest version of the Webvision CMS.
The rebrand follows the completion of the three-year turnaround of the group which began in 2012, and signals a clear purpose for the future of the group which is now focused on two key areas: Exhibitions & Festivals and Information Services
Top Right Group, the international business-to-business media group yesterday announced the creation of a new operating company, to be led by Natasha Christie-Miller, that brings together the 4C, Planet Retail/Retail Net Group (RNG), EMAP and MEED product brands.
Bankers are preparing a £1bn stock market flotation for Top Right Group, the publishing and events company jointly owned by Apax Partners and Guardian Media Group
Investment bankers have been asked to come up with future options for Top Right Group, which could include a sale or flotation of the publisher
The popularity of the Cannes Lions advertising festival and a surge in demand at environmental data business Groundsure drove a 27% increase in profits at parent company Top Right last year
From humble beginnings, MediaWeek’s former publisher Emap went on to become ‘one of the most admired media companies in the world’. Here, Colin Morrison recalls how it got there, and the collapse that was to follow
Media Business Insight, which publishes the industry magazines Broadcast and Screen International, has been sold by Top Right Group to the private equity firm Mobeus Equity Partners, which backed a management buyout
According to FIPP Emap apps with Kaldor Content and subscription business Emap has launched apps for its Architectural Review, Retail Jeweller and Ground Engineering brands
Emap, the publisher of trade magazines from Retail Week to Drapers, is expected to report its highest growth for 13 years, as a result of a recovery plan instituted by chief executive Natasha Christie-Miller
Top Right Group, the global business-to-business multiplatform media group, today announced its financial results for 2012, reporting overall revenue of £251.7 million, with an organic, constant currency growth rate of 7.4%
The chief executive of business-to-business publisher Top Right has said there will be no breakup of the company until at least 2017. Duncan Painter said Top Right, formerly Emap, which owns assets including the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, fashion data firm WGSN and magazines including Retail Week and Drapers, would not be looking […]
Mark Moloney has bought back the portfolio of Professional Beauty shows from Emap. Moloney had set up Total Beauty Show to launch at Excel on similar datelines to Professional Beauty in February 2011. EMAP bought Professional Beauty and 5 other events for £19m from Moloney in 2006. No details of the transaction were released.
Emap has acquired The Energy Event and related magazine from Western Business Media
Emap has acquired Healthcare Conferences, an events and publishing company specialising in the UK healthcare sector.