Posts Tagged "IPO"

No media business is even close to where it wants to be. Traditional companies struggle to hang on to print cashflows while competing with digital newbies which have all the flair but no sustainable profits. Young, digital-only, low-cost, small-team insurgents are fighting the unfair fight with the beasts of media pre-history. One business model is broken and the other is unproven.

Events and information business formerly known as Top Right Group and EMAP seeks payday for Apax and the Guardian

Shares in Merlin Entertainments, the owner of Alton Towers and Madame Tussauds, leapt 9.5% on the group’s stock market debut. The offer price had been set at 315p per share, but the stock rose quickly to 345p

Twitter floated at $26 spikes at $50 before slipping to $45 all in the space of 2 hours

Twitter floated at $26 spikes at $50 before slipping to $45 all in the space of 2 hours