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How Messe Munich is going global
The announcement last month that the long-established (but declining) ISPO sports trade show would move from Munich to Amsterdam and become a JV with the UK's Raccoon Media Group, was a…
Haymarket back to health
In May, the Trump Administration's health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr threatened – characteristically during a podcast – that he would stop US government scientists from publishing their…
DealMakers: joining the dots on events M&A
It has been another busy month with eight transactions across the US, Germany, UK and the Middle East. Over the past week, much has been written about the joint venture between Raccoon…
When (and where) will Axel Springer swoop?
It's just over a year since Axel Springer agreed the divestment of its €10bn classified advertising business to investor KKR. Under the deal, the Germany-based media company again become a…
Raccoon races to £30mn with Munich sports show deal
In 2018, Mike Seaman launched his Raccoon Media Group, in the UK, with The National Running Show. He had previously spent 20 years in London-based events companies including Clarion, UBM and…
Semafor: back-to the-future winner
Semafor this week celebrated its third anniversary with performance stats (and our own estimates) that underline its distinction as a US-based, global digital news provider which: Is…
How Charlie Kerr built a $1.8bn data powerhouse
S&P Global has agreed to acquire the UK-based, financial data provider With Intelligence for $1.8bn (£1.3bn), some 13x revenue and 30x EBITDA. It provides analytics, data and events on…
Will Dow Jones fund Murdoch family deal?
It's just a month since the Murdoch family's real-time version of Succession ended with eldest son Lachlan securing control, as chair, of the listed companies News Corp and Fox Corp. His three…
Anderson passes TED baton
The non-profit TED conference which has been led by former magazine publisher Chris Anderson for the past 25 years, is changing hands. Eight months after he announced the search for a new…
How Nutracheck changed Immediate
The continual task of so much mass market print media is, of course, to use their accumulated brand power and relationships as the launch platform for new products and services – and, somehow,…
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