The story of the sale of B2B publisher and Datamonitor owner Informa got longer last night after it rejected a total £3.2 billion bid from… Read More »
Blackstone Now Talking To Providence And Carlyle On Joint Informa Bid: Report
By Joseph Weisenthal
Aug. 15, 2008, 7:47pm
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Here’s the latest twist in the ongoing story of Informa’s possible sale… The Telegraph reports that PE Firm Blackstone, which joined the b… Read More »
Informa Confirms Tentative Bid From 3 PE Players; Values Company At $6.8 Billion
By Rafat Ali
Jul. 2, 2008, 7:26am
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Informa, the UK-based B2B giant which recently broke merger talked with United Business Media (LSE: UBM), has confirmed that it received a t… Read More »
Informa Confirms Tentative Bid From 3 PE Players; Values Company At $6.8 Billion
By Rafat Ali
Jul. 2, 2008, 6:55am
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Informa, the UK-based B2B giant which recently broke merger talked with United Business Media (LSE: UBM), has confirmed that it received a t… Read More »
Informa Gets $3.53 Billion Bid Interest From Providence, Carlyle
By Rafat Ali
Jun. 19, 2008, 9:23pm
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Informa, the UK-based B2B giant which just broke off its talks with UBM for a merger, now has another possible group of buyers: private equi… Read More »
Norman Pearlstine is joining Bloomberg L.P. in the new position of chief content officer, partnering with Matthew Winkler, founder and edito… Read More »
IAC (NSDQ: IACI), in the process of splitting up into five companies, is making a major bet in the online health information sector, a new-i… Read More »
@ Media & Money: Keynote: Norm Pearlstine, The Carlyle Group; No Reason To Sell Time Inc.
By Joseph Weisenthal
Nov. 8, 2007, 3:15am
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During the first private equity discussion of the day, panelists were patting themselves on the back, talking up the transformative powers o… Read More »
@ Media & Money: Is Going Private A Panacea?; More To PE Than Cheap Credit
By Joseph Weisenthal
Nov. 7, 2007, 10:34pm
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Contrary to popular belief, there’s more to private equity than leverage and cost cutting… at least that’s what the panelists on the priva… Read More »
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