Acquisition Resources

The BBC has decided to sell their Outside Broadcast division to Satellite Information Service (SIS), the UK-based sports TV company. BBC project director, Andy Thornton, believed the SIS offer was the... [more]

Global Radio's offer for UK listed radio group GCap will probably be referred to the Competition Commission for disposals, but this should not prevent the deal from going ahead.If the deal goes throug... [more]

Getty Images, the world's largest photograph bank, has been sold to Hellman & Friedman, a private equity firm, for $2.4bn (£1.2bn). It was previously noted by the Business Sale Report in January that ... [more]

British magazine titles ranging from New Scientist to Hotelkeeper, have been put on the market by the publishing company, Reed Elsevier. The business, it has been said by analysts, could possibly fetc... [more]

Virgin Radio, the British radio station has been put up for sale by its owners, the Scottish television company, SMG. In 2000, SMG bought Virgin Radio for £225m and has recently put the station on the... [more]

Getty Images, the market-leading online photography platform, is up for sale. Goldman Sachs has been appointed to consider their strategic options.... [more]

News International has decided to put its 'Fortress Wapping' headquarters site in London on the market, before a decision on the new home for its newspaper titles.... [more]

UK-listed broadcaster, ITV has hired Grant Thornton to manage the sale of its Carlton Screen Advertising subsidiary, according to reports. ... [more]

Bigmouthmedia is searching for acquisitions to promote its organic growth for a potential trade sale in a years time, CEO Steve Leach has said.... [more]

International Marketing & Sales Group Limited, the emerging markets focused sales & marketing company, has announced an agreement to acquire Shared Value Limited, the London-based capital markets comm... [more]

The boards of Eden Bidco and Emap have announced that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash acquisition to be made by Eden Bidco of the entire issued and to be issued share ca... [more]

Games publisher TT Games has been acquired by Warner Bros home entertainment division, for a undisclosed amount. The deal is subject to regulatory approval. ... [more]

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has acquired Lonely Planet, the leading travel information group, in a deal that will build the Lonely Planet franchise around the world.... [more]

Trinity Mirror plc has announced the sale of its Sports Division and the decision to retain its assets in the Midlands and remaining assets in the South East. This enables the Group to move forward wi... [more]

SMG has announced a proposed sale of Primesight Limited to GMT Communications Partners, a leading and long established provider of private equity for mid-market European buyouts in the media and telec... [more]

The BBC has announced that the process for the sale of its commercial subsidiary, BBC Resources Limited, has begun and an advertisements have appeared in the Financial Times, Times and UK trade magazi... [more]

Richard Osborne, the Northampton based entrepreneur, is celebrating having sold one of his businesses for £250k to a prestigious national media group.... [more]

Associated Newspapers, the national newspaper division of DMGT, announces the acquisition of JobsGroup.net, which operates a portfolio of successful niche job boards, including JustEngineers.net, Just... [more]

Aegis Group plc, the media communications and market research group, has announced that it has signed agreements to acquire the consolidated Ion Global network from CDC Corporation.  Ion Global specia... [more]

Dow Jones & Company and News Corporation have announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which News Corporation will acquire Dow Jones in a transaction valued at approximately... [more]