Last week The Economist Group announced its acquisition of the Congressional Quarterly, to be rolled into its RollCall publication. At that time, no price was announced. but I have learned through a source close to the competitive bidding process that the price was at least above $100 million. At that…

As expected, the deal was announced this morning: RollCall, part of The Economist Group, has bought Congressional Quarterly from the Times Publishing Company. Financial details were not disclosed. As a result of this, the new company will be called the CQ-Roll Call Group.  Laurie Battaglia, Managing Director and EVP of…

Update: It has been announced. The Congressional Quarterly sale process has been going on since early this year, and Roll Call, its rival (part of The Economist Group), is the buyer. Other like the Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO),  Bloomberg, National Journal/ Atlantic Media, and Allbritton Communications (parent of Politico)…

An interesting acquisition from Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper owned by The Economist Group… it announced today the acquisition of Capitol Advantage, a provider of online political tools, for $43 million. Its services includ PACBuilder and Capwiz XC, which provides tools that allow constituents to reach their elected officials.…