Acquisition Resources

German broadcaster RTL has been tipped to sell Five, its much-maligned UK terrestrial channel, should it succeed in acquiring ITV.... [more]

UK-listed marketing company Media Square is rumoured to be considering a sale of one of its larger UK businesses. The company, which has debts of £24m, is valued at £56m and recently disposed of Karen... [more]

Media Square has sold Karen Earl Sponsorship, the London-based sports sponsorship consultancy, to The Engine Group for £3.5m. KES provides strategic consultancy through to sponsorship activation and o... [more]

Emap, the UK media company whose brands include FHM, Heat and Kiss FM, has refuted reports that the company is to undergo a strategic review. ... [more]

Ten Alps has acquired Cameron Publishing, the Gateshead-based publisher with 47 staff, for up to £0.8m, and is now in negotiations to acquire TV production companies. Ten Alps PLC has announced reorga... [more]

Guardian Media Group's chief executive Carolyn McCall has stated that the company would be prepared to sell Trader Media, its listings subsidiary, should it receive an offer of £1.5bn for the business... [more]

... [more]

Bigmouthmedia, the online marketing agency, is reportedly close to a sale, with co-founder and CEO Steve Leach recently confirming that the company is in talks with a number of potential buyers and ha... [more]

GCap Media, the UK commercial radio group whose brands include Capital Radio and Classic FM, has sold its two Century FM stations to Guardian Media Group for £60m.... [more]

VNU, the global media and information company based in Holland, has announced that it will consider putting its Business Media Europe (BME) division up for sale as part of a strategic review of the co... [more]

Eagle Rock Entertainment, the UK-based music publisher, has reportedly been put up for sale by owners Hg Capital. Close Brothers have apparently been hired to conduct the sale, which could fetch aroun... [more]

Handbag.com, the network of women's websites, has been acquired by Hearst Corporation's NatMag for about £22m. US-based Hearst Corporation is believed to be planning a major expansion of handbag in Am... [more]

There are rumours that Time Warner, the global media group, may be tempted to put IPC, its UK magazine publishing business, up for sale amid increasing levels of interest from private equity groups. ... [more]

Medal Entertainment & Media has acquired UGD Britannia Music, the CD and DVD direct marketing company, for £1.5m. UGD Britannia has a database of over 5.5 million names and 570,000 email addresses whi... [more]

Dutch publisher Wolters Kluwer is tipped to sell off its education business, Wolters Kluwer Education, after appointing Lehman Brothers to look at strategic alternatives for the division as part of a ... [more]

Henderson Equity Partners is to sell its magazine publishing business, Boat International, with an asking price of £30m. It has reportedly hired boutique advisory firm Longacre to advise on the sale. ... [more]

Incisive Media, the business information group, is close to acquiring MSM International, the publisher of Professional Pensions magazine for an estimated £20m. Incisive Media are understood to be in e... [more]

Saga, the holidays and finance group focused on people over 50, is planning to sell its radio assets, according to reports and it could be worth £100m. The group has hired KPMG Corporate Finance to ma... [more]

SMG, the information and entertainment service provider, is to sell Pearl & Dean, its cinema advertising business, and Primesight, its outdoor advertising business. An offer for Pearl & Dean from Iris... [more]

Spiritel is to acquire Callplan, the telecoms services company that sells through a network of more than 70 independent agents, for up to £0.6m. Founded in 2003, Callplan has over 170 SME and corporat... [more]