Posts Tagged "Private Equity"

Serial investor Patrick Bradley is creating a new £150m fund to invest in Europe’s hottest established media and entertainment businesses

Serial investor Patrick Bradley is creating a new £150m fund to invest in Europe’s hottest established media and entertainment businesses

The financial future of the news business is uncertain, but lately US venture capitalists have been placing their bets on journalism

Something curious is happening in the American news business

It is easy to believe that free titles (as well as online) are squeezing the life out of the UK paid-for magazine market

WPP believes that a price tag of up to $2.5 billion for IMG Worldwide is too high to justify a bid for the sports marketing group, CEO Martin Sorrell said on Thursday

Terry Hunter, Chief Executive of Tryzens, and his senior management team have completed the acquisition of digital solutions provider Tryzens Limited from its parent company Jaywing plc with backing from Scottish Equity Partners

Skyscanner, the world’s fastest growing international travel search company, has completed an investment from US based venture capital firm Sequoia Capital

Informa, one of the world’s leading knowledge providers, today announces the completion of the disposal of its five Corporate Training businesses to Providence Equity Partners

The Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. 50% stake holder in Time Out has had to invest an extra £5.5m in the London listings magazine “for working capital” in the last six months after the title went free a year ago.

Informa plc (“Informa” or the “Group”), a leading Academic Publishing, Business Information and Events Group, today announces it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its five Corporate Training businesses to Providence Equity Partners (“Providence”) for a total consideration of up to $180m. The initial consideration of $165m, consists of $100m in cash (net of […]

Two former GMG radio bosses have teamed up to buy Classic Rock and Metal Hammer from Future in a £10.2m cash deal backed by Harwood Private Equity

GCP Capital Partners LLP (“GCP Capital”) announces the formation of Briefing Media through the acquisition of two leading business media assets, Farmers Guardian and Pulse from UBM.

Perform Group plc announces that it has acquired two related German businesses Spox Media GmbH and mediasports Digital GmbH

SEP takes a minority stake in Media Ingenuity, a fast growing online marketing technology company, which owns financial comparison site, TotallyMoney.com