Acquisition Resources

The board of Emap has announced that, in response to various unsolicited proposals it has received recently for parts of the group, it is undertaking a review of Emap’s group structure and portfolio o... [more]

Trinity Mirror plc has announced today that it has agreed to sell Berkshire Regional Newspapers, which forms part of its regional business in London and the South East, for £10m in cash representing a... [more]

Emap has announced that it has agreed the sale of its Republic of Ireland radio stations to Communicorp Group Ltd, a leading Irish and European radio group, on a debt free, cash free basis, for a cash... [more]

Incisive Media, a leading business information provider, and ALM, a leading integrated media company, have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Incisive Media will acquir... [more]

Virgin Media Inc. has announced that it has received a proposal to acquire 100% of the common stock of the company. ... [more]

British media group Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, is reported to be in talks with luxury goods group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton over the sale of its French business newspaper Les Echos.... [more]

Ten Alps Plc, the factual media company, has announced the acquisition of the multi award winning educational and corporate social responsibility business, DBDA for up to £3.3m.... [more]

The Racing Post, the UK’s only horseracing daily, looks set to be acquired from Trinity Mirror by Irish investment vehicle Festina Lente Partners for around £190m. FL has entered into exclusive talks ... [more]

WPP Group plc has agreed to acquire 24/7 Real Media Inc. for $11.75 per share by way of an all cash offer.... [more]

Media group Emap has been the subject of intense speculation of a takeover or break-up, following the departure of Chief Executive Tom Moloney.The company, assessed as ripe for takeover following a ... [more]

European private equity house Candover has put global electronic publisher Bureau van Dijk up for sale, in a move which could see the company fetch £500m- £600m.... [more]

UK media group Emap Plc has announced that it is considering selling its Ireland-based radio stations, TodayFM, FM104 and Highland Radio, as part of a company-wide review. It has cited tough trading c... [more]

Sir Ray Tindle could reportedly put some of his UK local newspaper and radio assets up for sale. Tindle, now aged 81, plans to step back from the business this year and will scale down his empire of 2... [more]

The British Broadcasting Corporation is reportedly considering a strategic review of its BBC Resources operation which could lead to a sale. BBC Resources owns various studios, post-production studios... [more]

UK media company Emap is thought to be considering the sale of one of its three divisions according to a market report in the Financial Times. The paper tipped Lagadere and Alex Springer as potential... [more]

The sale of Trinity Mirror's Midlands and Southern regional newspaper divisions is reportedly set to begin this week. The divisions were put up for sale, along with the Racing Post, as a result of a s... [more]

Guardian Media Group, the UK-listed newspaper group, is reportedly in talks with a three private equity groups over the sale of its Trader Media arm.... [more]

EMI, the global music group whose artists include Coldplay and Robbie Williams, could put its recorded music division up for sale to guard against a possible takeover after issuing its second profit w... [more]

Reed Elsevier, the listed anglo-Dutch publisher, announced in its annual results that it would be selling its Education division in order to focus on digital opportunities. Reed’s turnover for the 200... [more]

Emap, the UK-listed media group, is likely to sell or close some of its smaller magazine titles, recent media reports have commented. Emap publishes 49 consumer titles, including Angling Times and mai... [more]