Rafat Ali
Jul 1, 2008 8:55 PM
Informa, the UK-based B2B giant which recently broke merger talked with United Business Media (LSE: UBM), has confirmed that it received a tentative big approach from a private equity consortium which would value the business at about $6.8 billion, including debt. The bid is a joint one from Providence Equity…
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Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, carlyle group, hellman & friedman, informa, providence equity partners, united business media
Rafat Ali
Jun 19, 2008 11:23 AM
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 equity groups Providence Equity Partners and Carlyle are working on a 1.8 billion pound ($3.53 billion) cash bid, according to the company. This would be among…
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Staci D. Kramer
May 12, 2008 9:49 AM
Norman Pearlstine is joining Bloomberg L.P. in the new position of chief content officer, partnering with Matthew Winkler, founder and editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News. Pearlstine leaves The Carlyle Group, where he has been senior advisor for telecom and media, and returns to the news world. To run down the familiar…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 24, 2008 8:32 PM
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-ish area for the company: it is buying a major (though still minority) stake in HealthCentral Network, a network of consumer health information sites based in…
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Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Exclusive, Companies, IAC, carlyle group, healthcentral network, polaris venture partners, sequoia capital
Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 7, 2007 4:15 PM
During the first private equity discussion of the day, panelists were patting themselves on the back, talking up the transformative powers of PE firms, while predicting a quick turnaround in credit conditions. By contrast, during his keynote interview at the Media and Money Conference, media industry veteran turned private equity…
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Media & Publishing, Magazines, Newspapers, Money, carlyle group, norm pearlstine
Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 7, 2007 11:34 AM
Contrary to popular belief, there’s more to private equity than leverage and cost cutting… at least that’s what the panelists on the private equity panel at the Media and Money Conference tried to emphasize. While those things are admittedly part of the equation, private equity can play a role in…
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