M&A
Nielsen Expositions sold to Onex for $950 million
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.—Onex Corp. is buying Nielsen Expositions, an affiliate of Nielsen Holdings, for $950 million in cash. Toronto-based Onex is a private equity firm with approximately $15 billion of assets under management.The deal is expected to close in the current quarter.Kosty...
Timeless Communications acquires Symphony Publishing titles
Las Vegas—Timeless Communications Corp., which publishes b-to-b brands Projection Lights & Staging News, Stage Directions and Front of House, has purchased the assets of Needham, Mass.-based Symphony Publishing, a subsidiary of Cleveland-based Zapis Capital Group. The newly acquired titles...
McGraw-Hill completes sale of education unit to Apollo
New York—McGraw-Hill Cos. today completed the sale of its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management. The previously announced purchase price was $2.4 billion in cash. McGraw-Hill Cos., which will serve the global capital and commodity markets, ...
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Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors | Association for Corporate Growth | Association of Professional Merger & Acquisition Advisors | International Business Brokers Association | M&A Source | National Association of Certified Valuators and AnalystsBLOGS:
New York Times DealBook | Dealbreaker | Reuters' DealZoneB-to-b media valuations not one size fits all
Robert Garrett and Mark Holdreith
Founding partners,
Media Advisory Partners
Media Business: What are you seeing in media M&A today?
Mark Holdreith: While there have been some notable transactions in the past 18 months, a value gap still exists between buyers and sellers of b-to-b media companies because print remains the dominant revenue stream for the average b-to-b media company in markets...
What's driving the M&A uptick?
Evan Klein
Managing director,
Berkery, Noyes & Co.
Media Business: Strategic buyers accounted for most media and marketing industry deals last year. Will more financial buyers come back in 2013?
Evan Klein: Certainly the greatest number of deals came from the strategics (accounting for 87% of deal volume and 64% of deal value, according to Berkery Noyes). Private...
JEGI's Peters on how trade show deals helping drive M&A
Scott Peters
Co-president,
Jordan, Edmiston Group
Media Business: What kinds of deals are getting done? What business models are attractive?
Peters: Trade shows and conferences have continued to enjoy a lot of interest from buyers and investors. That category as a general business model has been strong and will continue to be strong. Also, data, analytics and...
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