Folio RSS: M and A and Finance

Nielsen Expositions Becomes Emerald Expositions

Bill Mickey — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:55:09 -0400

Northstar Travel Media Makes a Data Play with Your Travel Insider Acquisition

Bill Mickey — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:07:53 -0400

BNP Builds Out Packaging Portfolio

mrondon — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:55:27 -0400

BNP Media is expanding its Packaging Strategies group with the acquisition of two related properties.

1105 Media Acquires Two Publications From Peter Li Education Group

Bill Mickey — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 15:17:59 -0400

CBS Corp. Takes Full Ownership of TV Guide Digital

Bill Mickey — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:52:41 -0400

Townsquare Media Buys Music Sites From AOL

Bill Mickey — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:51:03 -0400

Hanley Wood Acquires Conference and Expo from U.S. Green Building Council

Bill Mickey — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:27:43 -0400

Ziff Davis Buys Tech Blog Network NetShelter

Bill Mickey — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:27 -0400

Ziff Davis Buys Tech Blog Network NetShelter

Bill Mickey — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:23 -0400

Bonnier, Source Interlink Exchange Titles

mrondon — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:13:08 -0400

Change continues at Bonnier as the company announced its third major holdings change in the last month, agreeing to acquire nine motorcycle titles from Source Interlink Media.

Meredith Buys and Absorbs Parenting and Babytalk From Bonnier

Bill Mickey — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:33:54 -0400

Quad/Graphics Takes Stake in Pixability Inc.

traphael — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:59:34 -0400

Timeless Communications Corp. Acquires Symphony Publishing

traphael — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:57:16 -0400

AIM Acquires Snowsports Properties from Bonnier

mrondon — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:10:11 -0400

*Leadership from Active Interest Media is reacquiring a group of snowsports titles it managed more than a decade ago.

Meredith Expands Ad Sales Guarantee Program

traphael — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:16:58 -0400

SpinMedia Buys Vibe

Bill Mickey — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:53:17 -0400

Video Q&A: Matt Marshall, Founder & EIC, VentureBeat

mrondon — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:47:42 -0400

In his opening keynote address at FOLIO: and min's MediaMashup event, Matt Marshall, founder and editor-in-chief of VentureBeat, told the crowd that the revenue model for publishers has to change. If they want to secure investment going forward—the only way to tru

F+W Media to Acquire Network of Digital and Retail Properties

traphael — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:41:14 -0400

F+W Enters Licensing Partnership with Hubert Burda Media

Bill Mickey — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:11:51 -0400

First-Quarter Media M&A Dips

Bill Mickey — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 08:09:09 -0400

Data Services Firm Exact Data Buys Statlistics

mrondon — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:27:09 -0400

The list business continues to consolidate.

Time Inc. Spinoff Has a Bumpy Road Ahead

Bill Mickey — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:41:26 -0500

Time Warner Ends Time Inc. Sales Talks with Meredith, Announces Spinoff Instead

Bill Mickey — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:01:33 -0500

Condé Nast Invests in Fashion Commerce Site farfetch

Bill Mickey — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:55:36 -0500

The M&A Outlook For 2013

Dan Trombetto — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:23:23 -0500

There were notable deals in 2012—Hanley Wood, Ziff Davis and The New Republic, were among the big-name brands moved—but no blockbusters. Mergers and acquisitions activity in the consumer and business-to-business publishing markets increased some, but held close to recent averages for the most part.

Cygnus Puts Ag Group on the Block

Bill Mickey — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:40:12 -0500

Behind RDA’s Chapter 11 Filing

mrondon — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:27:54 -0500

RDA Holding has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in four years.

Behind RDA’s Chapter 11 Filing

mrondon — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:27:38 -0500

RDA Holdinghas filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in four years.

Reader's Digest Holding Co. Files for Bankruptcy for a Second Time

Bill Mickey — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:04:02 -0500

[Editor's Note: This story originally appears on minonline.com.]

Hearst Ventures Invests In Digital Startup Accelerator Science Inc.

Bill Mickey — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 10:45:56 -0500

Time Inc. Reportedly on the Block

Bill Mickey — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:48:17 -0500

Asset International Buys Investor Economics

traphael — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:24:53 -0500

Asset International, a b-to-b research, marketing and events provider for the financial sector, has agreed to acquire Canadian business intelligence firm, Investor Economics.

UBM Sells Data Services Businesses

mrondon — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:34:08 -0500

B-to-b media company UBM has agreed to sell “the bulk” of its data services business for $252 million to Electra Partners, a private

j2’s Ziff Davis Buys News Corp’s IGN

mrondon — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:18:35 -0500

j2 Global continues to build out its digital media portfolio with the acquisition of popular gamer lifestyle brand IGN Entertainment, a News Corp property. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Summit Business Media Sells Futures Magazine to Financial Media Startup

Bill Mickey — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:18:26 -0500

Summit Business Media is set to announce that it sold its Futures brand to The Alpha Pages llc, a Chicago-based financial media startup.

Top Magazine Media Deals of 2012

Dan Trombetto — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:42:12 -0500

The year 2012 opened in dramatic fashion with magazine media-related deals. From Hanley Wood’s recapitalization to the final sell-off the remaining segments of what once was the massive Ziff Davis, 2012 saw its fair share of deals that involved traditional media brands as well as the currently-hot marketing services and digital properties.

Advance Publications Buys Digital Marketing Agency, POP

mrondon — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:50:33 -0500

Advance Publications, parent company of Condé Nast, has stepped up its efforts on two fronts with the acquisition of digital marketing agency, POP.

Media Market Competition, Growth Expected to Increase in 2013

traphael — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:26:09 -0500

FierceMarkets Acquires Digital Pub StorefrontBacktalk

Bill Mickey — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:15:08 -0500

Q&A: Matt Petersen on the TMG/McMurry Merger

Bill Mickey — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:12:22 -0500

PennWell Makes Key Acquisition in Power Market

Bill Mickey — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:44:05 -0500

The Wicks Group to Acquire TMG and McMurry

Bill Mickey — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:31:19 -0500

Hanley Wood Boosts Market Intelligence Group with Metrostudy Deal

Bill Mickey — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:33:33 -0500

MeritDirect Buys LDSGroup

mrondon — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:24:12 -0500

The first in a series of upcoming moves, direct marketing firm MeritDirect has purchased LDSGroup, another direct marketing firm specializing in list management and prospect generation for consumer publicatio

Bobit Business Media Acquires Auto Dealer Monthly

mrondon — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:44:21 -0500

Bobit Business Mediahas acquired the print and digital properties of Auto Dealer Monthly, the company announced.

M&A Hits Prerecession Levels

mrondon — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:29:24 -0500

M&A activity skyrocketed to prerecession levels in several major industry sectors, according to a year-end report from investment banking firm The Jordan, Edmiston Group (JEGI).

Vice Acquires British Fashion Mag i-D

mrondon — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:50:55 -0500

Bold and boastful hipster-targeted media conglomerate Vice is getting into fashion.

Bobit Acquires Pureplay Limousine Site

Bill Mickey — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 19:41:16 -0500

Transcontinental Inc. Predicts Slow Magazine Growth

traphael — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:04:22 -0500

NewBay Plans European Expansion with Intent Media Acquisition

Bill Mickey — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:07:04 -0500