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Hearst takes full ownership of Fitch
B2B information. Hearst now owns 100% of Fitch, the financial information and credit ratings company, with operations in 30…
Attom Data Solutions (US) buys Onboard Infomatics
B2B information. Adds neighbourhood data to Attom’s 155m database Attom Data
Haymarket (UK) sells Clothes Show to SME
Events. Buyer SME organises London Fashion Week. Haymarket
Bauer buys UK fishing show The Big One from Vincent Davies
Events. Adds UK’s largest ‘tackle’ event (20k annual visitors) to Bauer’s strong angling magazines, events and digital. Bauer…
Hearst buys UK events from Telegraph Media Group
Events. Acquisition of watch and wellbeing events marks diversification for Hearst’s magazine-dependant UK portfolio. Expect more Hearst event deals.…
Imagine Entertainment (Ron Howard) acquires Jax Media (Tony Hernandez)
Broadcast-streaming. Jax makes “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”, “Search Party,” “Broad City”, “Inside Amy Schumer,” and “Roseanne” Imagine
S&P (ex McGraw Hill Financial) buys Panjiva supply chain data
B2B information. Adds to S&P’s ratings for capital + commodities transactional data covering in excess of 35% of…
Informa agrees £3.9bn acquisition of UBM exhibitions
Events. Creates world’s second largest trade show company (Reed is clear no.1). Will Informa sell its STM publishing:…
RELX Plc acquires Threat Matrix for $817m
B2B information. Largest RELX deal for 10 years is a fraud detection tool (100m transactions analysed per day).…
Blackstone buys 55% of Reuters data biz for $17.3bn
B2B information. Biggest change since 2008 merger of Thomson + Reuters. Makes Blackstone a direct competitor to Bloomberg.…