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How Hyve bought LegalTechTalk
Hyve Group, which is itself currently being acquired by Hellman & Friedman private equity, has bought the three-year-old LegalTechTalk event for an estimated £27-28mn (9x EBITDA) upfront.…
How Springer will transform Telegraph
Axel Springer, the $3bn family-owned news group, this week completed its £575mn (€660mn) acquisition of the UK's Telegraph Media Group. The deal marked the end of the Telegraph's three years…
How Indy double act made it work
Independent Media, the UK-based digital news brand, is believed to have increased profit by 5-6% and EBITDA by at least 40% in 2025. Some £14mn (25%) of the revenue is generated in the US, an…
Why Paul Miller is CEO of ‘new’ Emerald
Paul Miller, the eight-year CEO of Questex, will be CEO of the combination with Emerald when the two US businesses are soon acquired by Apollo private equity funds. Herve Sedky, the outgoing…
The Lifestyle Media 40
Magazine publishers are still adapting to a world in which they no longer dominate lifestyle content. Large audiences for shopping discovery, how-to instructional content, relationships and…
‘Events future belongs to builders’
In 2017, after previously spending 15 years at Reed Expo, US exhibitions entrepreneur Greg Topalian joined Clarion Events through the acquisition of his own LeftField Media. He successively…
How UK news is winning in the US
UK businesses have long been accustomed to the temptations and traps of transatlantic expansion. Over many decades, successful UK companies – including Tesco, Marks & Spencer and The Body…
How (and why) Foster launched Arc
Arc Media Holdings is the six-year-old, UK-based, pe-owned B2B company founded by trade show veteran Simon Foster (ex UBM and Comexposium). It currently organises more than 150 events annually…
The Trade Show Big Bang. What’s next?
Hyve Group, the world's eighth largest exhibition organizer, is being acquired by Hellman & Friedman for $1.8bn (an estimated 16x EBITDA) in what is believed to have been a pre-emptive bid…
Has UK gone soft on Google?
The UK’s Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has unveiled what it terms "world first" measures, purportedly granting publishers new-found agency over the utilisation of their content…
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