Dylan Stableford
January 19, 2006
After a year that began with her company's namesake in jail and its flagship magazine's print advertising in a dramatic freefall; and ended with an equally dramatic turnaround; Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia president and CEO Susan Lyne says that she can finally put to rest the question of the company's survival.
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Dylan Stableford
January 16, 2006
VNU, the Netherlands-based global media company, has received a buy-out offer from a consortium of private equity firms for EUR 28.00 to 28.50 per share, or about $8.8 billion, the company announced today. The private equity group includes AlpInvest Partners, The Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, Hellman & Freidman, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Permira and Thomas H. Lee Partners.
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Matt Kinsman
January 12, 2006
By Matt Kinsman The good news for the media M&A market is that multiples will stay at last year's historically high levels through 2006, according to AdMedia Partners ' Prospects for Media Managers & Acquisitions survey. However, the report also suggests the market could see significant cooling in 2007-2008, simply because there won't be enough quality properties for sale.
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Dylan Stableford
January 12, 2006
The magazine industry's two most powerful associations;The Magazine Publishers of America and American Business Media, its trade publishing equivalent;together spend close to $800,000 a year on lobbying efforts, representatives from the two associations say.
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Dylan Stableford
January 10, 2006
The final advertising performance numbers for consumer magazines from the Publishers Information Bureau are in: PIB advertising revenue for rate-card reported magazines closed at $23.1 billion, an increase of 7.2 percent over 2004. Ad pages, however, gained a half a percent.
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Dylan Stableford
January 10, 2006
Looking to capitalize on growing custom publishing expenditures and consumer acceptance of them, National Geographic is partnering with The Magazine Group for GeoGroup Media, a custom publishing outpost that plans to focus on custom projects that promote corporate social responsibility.
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Dylan Stableford
January 10, 2006
Magazine and event auditing body BPA Worldwide yesterday announced a set of amended rules to clarify some of the industry's buzziest;and blurriest;areas of circulation: digital magazines, consumer sponsored and public place copies.
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Dylan Stableford
January 10, 2006
Against a splattered backdrop of product placement and increasing pressure from advertisers to blur the lines between advertising and editorial, a survey of high-ranking editors at 157 trade publications reveals "a serious concern" about the ethical environment in which those editors operate.
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