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]

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]

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]

Endemol, the TV production company whose shows include Big Brother, Deal or No Deal and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, is close to being put up for sale. Spanish owner Telefonica has reportedy taken ... [more]

RDF Media is to acquire The Comedy Unit, the Glasgow-based TV production company with 20 staff, for up to £11m. The deal comprises an initial consideration of £6.5m, to be paid in cash and shares, and... [more]

Rebel Shareholders at SMG want the former Channel 4 executive Rob Woodward to become head of the Scottish Media Group. If appointed Woodward plans to sell its cinema advertising business Pearl and Dea... [more]

Trinity Mirror has launched a strategic review that could see its national and regional businesses separated,following an appraisal. Analysts that cover the stock believe the company could sell part ... [more]

All3Media, the TV production company, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira in a £320m deal. All3Media was formed in 2003 with buyout group Bridgepoint Capital's acquisition of Chrysalis TV... [more]

Big Mouth Media has hired finance house Ion Equity to advise on options which include a sale, a floatation or a recapitalisation of the company. Steve Leach and Heather Luscombe founded the company in... [more]

Media Square, the UK-listed marketing services group, could make disposals to reduce its debt level, chief executive officer Jeremy Middleton said. Media Square was comfortable with its debt level, b... [more]

Having sold its UK DVD business for £5.9m, Rank Group has now announced it is currently in discussions with a number of third parties for the disposal of the remaining assets of Deluxe Media Services ... [more]

Wall to Wall, the UK private TV producer, would listen to takeover offers when approached, chief executive officer and main owner Alex Graham said. The company had been approached in the past but n... [more]

DIC Entertainment has acquired CPG, the London-based licensing agency operating in the entertainment and sports industries, for an initial £3.8m. A further amount will be paid subject to CPG's perform... [more]

Financial Dynamics, the London-based communications consultancy is to be sold by its owner, private equity firm Advent International. The UK arm of Robert Baird, the investment firm which has a histor... [more]

Kudos, the UK-based TV production company responsible for hit drama Spooks, is considering a potential sale following a number of reported approaches. The company has appointed LongAcre Partners to co... [more]

All3Media, the global production and distribution company owned by Bridgpont, may be sold to a larger buyout firm or listed on the market. A sale would enable Bridgepont to exit All3Media with some ta... [more]

The appointment of Rona Fairhead as the new CEO of the Financial Times, the UK newspaper group owned by publisher Pearson, has lead to rumours that the paper could be sold. It has been observed that P... [more]

The sale of WLR, the Irish radio station, has reportedly attracted the interest of eight companies. The companies, who have all requested the memorandum of information, have not been named but are lik... [more]

The new chairman of Trinity Mirror, Ian Gibson, is reportedly not ruling out a potential sale of the Daily Mirror. Trinity is also believed to be looking for acquisitions in the internet sector.... [more]

Ancestry.co.uk is considering a sale as an option for the future, despite turning down a number of approaches from large media companies, according to managing director Josh Hanna. The company, one of... [more]