Acquisition Resources

Crysalis, the radio and music publishing business valued at £240m is rumoured to be considering a sale of its radio businesses. Crysalis owns both the popular Heart FM station in London and Galaxy ra... [more]

World famous cricket enthusiast group Wisden has reportedly put its monthly magazine, the Wisden Cricketer, up for sale along with The Oldie magazine, in order to invest and concentrate on the future ... [more]

Emap Consumer Media has acquired Yospace Technologies, the provider of multimedia messaging services, from The Parkmead Group and private investors for £8.7m.... [more]

Vitesse Media is to acquire the What Investment magazine and associated website from Charterhouse Communications for £0.5m, with the transfer of five staff.... [more]

The Mill, the London-based visual effects company, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Carlyle Group for an estimated £50m.... [more]

WPP has acquired All Global, the London-based market research and data collection company with 44 staff.... [more]

Research Now is to acquire OpenVenue, the Canadian market research company, for up to £20m.... [more]

Aegis Group has acquired Interview-NSS, the Dutch market research company with gross assets of £5.3m.... [more]

Jarrold Publishing, the Norwich-based book publisher with 22 staff, has been acquired by NPI Media.... [more]

London's Heart FM and Galaxy Radio owner Chrysalis has confirmed that it is conducting a strategic review of it's radio unit, which could result in a sale in preference to a demerger. Months of specul... [more]

Cello Group has expanded its online market research business with the £3m acquisition of a 75% stake in Rosenblatt and a 51% stake in Digital People.... [more]

Digital Marketing Group has acquired Cheeze, the media planning company with offices in Ipswich, London and Leeds, for £9.5m, as well as Jaywing, the marketing consultancy with offices in Derby, Harro... [more]

Archant Life has acquired Living Edge, the Cheshire-based magazine with seven staff, from publisher Silk Press.... [more]

The proposed merger between Live Nation and Academy Music Group could lead to the sale of some of London's most high profile music venues. The Competition Commission has ruled that Live Nation must di... [more]

The Sanctuary Group is considering whether to put some of its businesses up for sale after preliminary results for 2006 revealed another full year of losses.... [more]

A formal auction process for Endemol, the TV production company responsible for the controversial Channel 4 show Big Brother, is expected to begin within weeks after Spanish owners Telefonica reported... [more]

Pearson, the UK publishing group, is rumoured to be considering a private equity takeover that could lead to the sale of some of its assets. The Financial Times, Penguin Books and French business publ... [more]

Johnston Press, the regional newspaper group, announced today it is to acquire eight Scottish newspapers from its rival Archant.... [more]

Associated Newspapers Ireland, a division of UK-listed publishing group Daily Mail and General Trust, is to put Buy and Sell, its classified advertising business, up for sale.... [more]

Taylor Nelson Sofres has acquired PressWatch Media, the London-based media information provider with 42 staff.... [more]