EMI, the global music group whose artists include Coldplay and Robbie Williams, is tipped for a sale after receiving a preliminary takeover approach from an un-named party.... [more]

Amadeus, the Spanish provider of IT solutions to the travel industry, is rumoured to be considering the sale of its online travel agency Opodo. Amadeus purchased Opodo in June 2004 for €62m but source... [more]

Incisive Media is to acquire MSM International, the publisher of financial services magazines, for £22m. MSM is a publisher of targeted weekly and monthly financial services magazines, including Prof... [more]

Ekay has acquired Wallace Barnaby & Associates, the Guernsey-based marketing and advertising agency, for £1.7m.... [more]

Dagsbrun, the Icelandic investment firm specialising in media, telecoms and entertainment companies, is to sell Wyndeham Press Group and its English parent company Daybreak Acquisitions.... [more]

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]