Bernstein Research wonders if the decision by Providence Equity Partners to pull its minority stake out of Hulu is a signal that the entertainment conglomerates who own most of the streaming service — and who wish to uphold TV’s multichannel model — don’t want it to … Read More »
Game Publisher ZeniMax Media Raises $150 Million
By Joseph Tartakoff
Oct. 7, 2010, 12:04am
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ZeniMax Media, the video game publisher behind titles including Doom and Fallout, has raised a huge $150 million round. The cash comes from… Read More »
Providence’s Nelson Predicts Stewart, Colbert Will Return To Hulu
By Joseph Tartakoff
May. 20, 2010, 2:27am
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Jonathan Nelson, the CEO of Hulu-backer Providence Equity Partners, made the case for the video aggregator on Charlie Rose this week. His re… Read More »
Cox Sells 25 Percent in AutoTrader To Providence Equity; Retains Majority
By Rafat Ali
May. 5, 2010, 5:25pm
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Cox Enterprises is selling 25 percent of its majority stake in auto sales site AutoTrader.com, to PE firm Providence Equity, for an undisclo… Read More »
Updated below: The professional online video scene in China is now heating up, after a few years of fevered activity on the user-gen video s… Read More »
Providence Equity Partners has a penchant for media and entertainment investments like Hulu, Warner Music, YES and Univision — and for addi… Read More »
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 »
Video Game Creator Zenimax Media Gets $300 Million Investment; To Go Towards MMOGs, Acquisitions
By Joseph Weisenthal
Oct. 25, 2007, 11:17pm
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Privately held video game maker Zenimax Media has received a big $300 million investment from Providence Equity Partners through a convertib… Read More »
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