In the Incisive Media blowup and the subsequent split, some other interesting details have come out in a memo the North America CEO Bill Po… Read More »
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Gaining Currency By Going Private In This Economy
By Rafat Ali
Aug. 3, 2009, 3:17am
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On its Q209 earnings call, Bankrate (NSDQ: RATE) CEO Tom Evans spoke at length about his company’s decision to go private, in a pending deal… Read More »
Updated: Bankrate Being Acquired By Apax For $571 Million in Cash; Horrendous Q209 Prelim Numbers
By Rafat Ali
Jul. 22, 2009, 10:38pm
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Updated below with more deal details: Consumer financial information and lead gen service Bankrate (NSDQ: RATE) is being acquired by PE firm… Read More »
Apax Could Bail Out Incisive Media After Covenant Breach
By Patrick Smith
Feb. 4, 2009, 2:53pm
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B2B magazine publisher Incisive Media could receive substantial funding from its owner, private equity firm Apax Partners, after it breached… Read More »
Mobixell Networks Raises $6 Million In Fourth Round
By Dianne See Morrison
Jul. 8, 2008, 2:58pm
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Mobile ad and multimedia technology provider Mobixell Networks has raised $6 million in its fourth round of funding from existing investors… Read More »
So some reality check coming into the sale process of Reed Business Information, the business publishing arm of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: RUK) .… Read More »
Ed’s Note: Welcome to Inside The Deals, a weekly column about M&A in the media written by veteran business journalist Steve Rosenbush. Steve… Read More »
More On Reed Business: Apax Considering A Bid
By Rafat Ali
Feb. 23, 2008, 5:19am
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As I chalked out on some of the possible options yesterday for Reed Business, it seems Apax is already considering a bid, according to Times… Read More »
Thus Ends Audible’s Tyranny Of Low Profile
By Rafat Ali
Jan. 31, 2008, 11:14pm
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Thus ends the long story of Audible (NSDQ: ADBL). I have always had a particular affinity with Audible, ever since I started paidContent.org… Read More »
Guardian Media And Apax Buy Emap’s B2B Division For $2 Billion; May Merge Some Mags With Incisive
By Rafat Ali
Dec. 21, 2007, 11:14pm
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So ends the saga of Emap (LSE: EMA), one of the biggest magazine companies to ever exist in UK. It has sold off its remaining division, the… Read More »
Apax Selling Off Its Stake in Audible
By Rafat Ali
Dec. 15, 2007, 9:44pm
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Private equity firm Apax Partners, which has been a long time investor in spoken word digital audio firm Audible, (NSDQ: ADBL) is in the pro… Read More »
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