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Ferro sells 25% stake in US dailies to McCormick for $209m
News. Tronc publishes the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, New York Daily News and the Orlando Sentinel. Michael Ferro…
IHS Markit acquires DeriveXperts
B2B information. The privately-owned DeriveXperts provides valuation services for OTC and other complex financial securities. Terms of transaction not disclosed.…
Informa’s bid for UBM approved. But what’s next?
Events. Shareholders of the UK-based UBM and Informa exhibitions-led companies have approved the £3.9bn bid, to create what is…
MSCI Inc sells Financial Engineering Associates to Allegro
B2B information. 28-year-old FEA provides risk, pricing and valuation tools to energy and commodity markets. Texas-based Allegro is…
Media 10 UK acquires Publishing Media & Events
Events. Bolsters the Essex, UK-based, £30m-revenue Media 10 (founder-CEO Lee Newton) in UK specialist kitchen and bathroom magazines/events. MEDIA10
DTN acquires Energy Management Institute
B2B information. EMI provides specialized education, data + training services to oil majors, power, natural gas marketers, utilities,…
Vistage acquires Academy for UK CEOs
B2B information. Peer-to-peer coaching Vistage (recently bought by Providence private equity for $500m) extends its UK community” to…
Indeed acquires Canadian job site Workopolis
B2C digital. To be absorbed into Recruit Holdings’ world-leader Tokyo-based Indeed jobs search engine ($17bn revenue in 2016…
Clarion acquires ‘$300m’ Pennwell
Blackstone p.e.-owned, London-based Clarion (now responsible for 180 exhibitions and conferences in more than 50 countries) extends its…
Future plc Acquires NewBay Media for $13.8m
Magazine-media. Expands UK-based Future Plc’s reach in US music and consumer electronics media. But the price looks a…