Acquisitions News in the Advertising And Media sector: 2006

Tue, 19 Dec 2006: Guardian Media Group has acquired the radio operations of Saga Group for undisclosed terms, including services in the West Midlands, East Midlands and...
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Fri, 01 Dec 2006: First Artist Corporation has acquired Dewynters, the London-based entertainment industry marketing services agency, for up to £16m....
[more: Dewynters]

Tue, 28 Nov 2006: Incisive Media is to acquire MSM International, the publisher of financial services magazines, for £...
[more: MSM International]

Tue, 28 Nov 2006: Ekay has acquired Wallace Barnaby & Associates, the Guernsey-based marketing and advertising agency, for £1.7m....
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Fri, 10 Nov 2006: Media Square has sold Karen Earl Sponsorship, the London-based sports sponsorship consultancy, to The Engine Group for £3.5m. KES provides strat...
[more: Karen Earl Sponsorship]

Wed, 08 Nov 2006: 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...
[more: Cameron Publishing]

Tue, 03 Oct 2006: Medal Entertainment & Media has acquired UGD Britannia Music, the CD and DVD direct marketing company, for £1.5m. UGD Britannia has a databa...
[more: UGD Britannia Music]

Tue, 03 Oct 2006: Handbag.com, the network of women's websites, has been acquired by Hearst Corporation's NatMag for about £22m. US-based Hearst Corpora...
[more: Handbag.com]

Wed, 13 Sep 2006: 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 corporate clients and markets products and services on behalf of Australia's national telecoms company Telestra. Spiritel anticipate that the acquisition will be immediately earnings-enhancing, and will integrate Callplan into its Spiritel Retail division, which has formed to deliver Spiritel's planned direct-to-consumer initiatives. 'Callplan is a highly profitable and fast-growing company and is an ideal first acquisition towards the delivery of our strategy of gaining a direct relationship with customers." said chief executive of Spiritel, Alastair Mills. Spiri...
[more: Callplan]

Thu, 07 Sep 2006: Medal Entertainment & Media has sold the Fountain Television Studios in Wembley to InvestinMedia for £1.5m in cash. At 31st March 2006, Fountain's net assets stood at £1.7m. Fountain are the UK's largest fully-equipped televison studios, and have hosted a number of well-known shows including the X Factor, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and Test The Nation. In a statement, InvestinMedia said: "The directors know the business well and con...
[more: Fountain Television Studios]

Fri, 01 Sep 2006: 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 co...
[more: The Comedy Unit]

Tue, 01 Aug 2006: All3Media, the TV production company, has been acquired by private equity firm Permira in a £320m deal. All3Media was formed in 2003 with buyout...
[more: All3Media]

Tue, 13 Jun 2006: DIC Entertainment has acquired CPG, the London-based licensing agency operating in the entertainment and sports industries, for an initial £3.8m...
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Wed, 05 Apr 2006: Fulmar, the book manufacturer and commercial printing group, has been acquired by Cameron CPI (UK) Ltd, a UK-owned subsidiary of French company Camero...
[more: Fulmar plc]

Mon, 03 Apr 2006: TV producer and publisher Ten Alps has acquired McMillan-Scott, the business-to-business publisher with 250 staff in London, Macclesfield and Manchest...
[more: McMillan-Scott]