UBM Off-Loads Music Week And More For £2.4 Million

Jun. 27, 2011 - 2:06 PM EDT Jun. 27, 2011 - 2:06 PM EDT

UBM, which has been divesting some of its titles lately whilst buying up in India and Asia, is selling its UK entertainment and technology t… Read more »

In B2B, RBI Revenue Re-Grows, UBM Sees Brief Digital Fillip

By Robert Andrews

Apr. 19, 2011 - 1:42 PM EDT Apr. 19, 2011 - 1:42 PM EDT

After offloading many titles over the last year, Variety and Farmers Weekly publisher Reed Business Information returned to revenue growth i… Read more »

How UBM’s ‘Project Caxton’ Brainstorms Content Strategy

By Robert Andrews

Mar. 31, 2011 - 8:33 PM EDT Mar. 31, 2011 - 8:33 PM EDT

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Right now, almost all United Business Media’s magazine websites are free. And, although the B2B publisher wants to extract more money from t… Read more »

Many Tablet Publications Are ‘Hopeless’, UBM’s Levin Says

By Robert Andrews

Mar. 18, 2011 - 2:33 PM EDT Mar. 18, 2011 - 2:33 PM EDT

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United Business Media (LSE: UBM) CEO David Levin has taken many publishers to task for trying to shoehorn their existing publications in to… Read more »

Interview: UBM CEO Levin On How To Rescue Failing Media Businesses

By Robert Andrews

Mar. 16, 2011 - 10:00 PM EDT Mar. 16, 2011 - 10:00 PM EDT

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What do you do when the world turns upside-down? Find a flat surface and face in a different direction.

David Levin, CEO of the specialist… Read more »

UBM Buying Subscription Property Lead-Gen Biz LIR

By Robert Andrews

Nov. 2, 2010 - 5:41 PM EDT Nov. 2, 2010 - 5:41 PM EDT

PRNewswire operator United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) is making its umpteenth acquisition of the year – a subscription business leads s… Read more »

Latest In UBM’s M&A Spree: French Contacts Database For PR Newswire

By Robert Andrews

Oct. 19, 2010 - 12:53 PM EDT Oct. 19, 2010 - 12:53 PM EDT

Yet another acquisition from United Business Media (LSE: UBM). This time, it’s buying Hors Antenne, an operator of a French-language databas… Read more »

UBM Buying Canon Events Business For $287 million

By Robert Andrews

Sep. 16, 2010 - 11:27 AM EDT Sep. 16, 2010 - 11:27 AM EDT

Acquisition-prone United Business Media (LSE: UBM) says it is buying Canon Communications, a company which operates manufacturing and medica… Read more »

Life In Dead Trees: UBM Buying A Chinese Paper Analyst Firm

By Robert Andrews

Sep. 7, 2010 - 1:23 PM EDT Sep. 7, 2010 - 1:23 PM EDT

United Business Media (LSE: UBM) is spending up to $880,000 to buy UM Paper, a small Shanghai company which provides analysis on China’s pap… Read more »

UBM Buys 3D Careers Fair For Military Leavers

By Robert Andrews

Sep. 1, 2010 - 1:29 PM EDT Sep. 1, 2010 - 1:29 PM EDT

With U.S. military operations in Iraq being wound down, there will likely be a lot of servicepeople coming home on to the civilian jobs mark… Read more »

Another UBM Acquisition – HK PR Webcaster Corporate360

By Robert Andrews

Jun. 28, 2010 - 2:00 PM EDT Jun. 28, 2010 - 2:00 PM EDT

United Business Media (LSE: UBM) is buying a corporate webcasting firm to put together with its PR Newswire.

Hong Kong-based Corporate360 f… Read more »

UBM Buying SharedVue For Web Marketing Tools

By Robert Andrews

Apr. 21, 2010 - 2:10 PM EDT Apr. 21, 2010 - 2:10 PM EDT

Acquisition-prone B2B publisher and conference organiser United Business Media (LSE: UBM) says it’s buying SharedVue, a provider of web-base… Read more »

UBM Buying In To Game Ads With Small GAO Acquisition

By Robert Andrews

Feb. 23, 2010 - 4:11 PM EDT Feb. 23, 2010 - 4:11 PM EDT

When you look at the booming popularity of online games – from World Of Warcraft to FarmVille – it’s hard not to say “let’s have a bit of th… Read more »

Early Cuts Help UBM Increase Revenue 10 Percent In 2008; Profits Down

By Patrick Smith

Mar. 3, 2009 - 10:22 PM EDT Mar. 3, 2009 - 10:22 PM EDT

Could it be that the recession hasn’t yet caught up with some B2B publishers? United Business Media (LSE: UBM) today announced improved rev… Read more »

Earnings: UBM Expects A Few More Layoffs By Year’s End

By Robert Andrews

Dec. 12, 2008 - 2:43 PM EDT Dec. 12, 2008 - 2:43 PM EDT

PRNewswire and CMP operator United Business Media (LSE: UBM) will have made more job cuts than first planned by year’s end. UBM said in last… Read more »

Earnings: UBM Expects Mixed ’08, Buys Xinhua Out Of PRNewswire JV

By Robert Andrews

Nov. 18, 2008 - 4:47 PM EDT Nov. 18, 2008 - 4:47 PM EDT

Web 2.0 Expo conference operator United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) says its Music Week publisher CMPi and its PRNewswire unit will post… Read more »

United Business Media Mulling Redundancies

By Dianne See Morrison

Nov. 6, 2008 - 7:32 PM EDT Nov. 6, 2008 - 7:32 PM EDT

The Read more »

Video Interview: David Levin, CEO, United Business Media: Economy Will Feel ‘Significant Effects’

By Robert Andrews

Nov. 1, 2008 - 9:35 PM EDT Nov. 1, 2008 - 9:35 PM EDT

Farmers Guardian, MusicWeek and TechWeb publisher United Business Media (LSE: UBM) flirted with Lloyd’s List publisher Informa for a merger… Read more »

Informa Confirms Tentative Bid From 3 PE Players; Values Company At $6.8 Billion

By Rafat Ali

Jul. 2, 2008 - 6:55 AM EDT Jul. 2, 2008 - 6:55 AM EDT

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 Ends Merger Talks With UBM; Gets Another Approach

By Rafat Ali

Jun. 17, 2008 - 10:42 PM EDT Jun. 17, 2008 - 10:42 PM EDT

The big B2B merger was not to be…United Business Media (LSE: UBM) and Informa have ended merger talks, the two companies notified today. T… Read more »

More Informa-UBM: Springer Owners Mull A Bid

By Rafat Ali

Jun. 10, 2008 - 10:29 PM EDT Jun. 10, 2008 - 10:29 PM EDT

More on the big B2B consolidation story which started last weekend: After the news came out that UBM and Informa were in early talks for a $… Read more »

B2B Consolidation: Informa And UBM In Early Merger Talks; Would Create £3 Billion Giant

By Rafat Ali

Jun. 8, 2008 - 11:16 PM EDT Jun. 8, 2008 - 11:16 PM EDT

United Business Media and Informa, two of the biggest B2B media companies, are in talks for a merger, the two companies said over the weeken… Read more »

B2B Consolidation: Informa and UBM In Early Merger Talks; Would Create $6 Billion Giant

By Rafat Ali

Jun. 8, 2008 - 10:46 PM EDT Jun. 8, 2008 - 10:46 PM EDT

United Business Media and Informa, two of the biggest B2B media companies, are in talks for a merger, the two companies said over the weeken… Read more »

UBM Quits UK For Ireland Via Jersey To Escape High Taxes

By Robert Andrews

Apr. 28, 2008 - 10:29 PM EDT Apr. 28, 2008 - 10:29 PM EDT

B2B publisher and event organiser United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) is quitting the UK for Ireland in a move designed to reduce its tax… Read more »

Earnings: UBM Tech Falls, Events Rise In ’07; On Big Acquisition Trail

By Robert Andrews

Apr. 14, 2008 - 2:59 PM EDT Apr. 14, 2008 - 2:59 PM EDT

B2B publisher United Business Media (LSE: UBM) (UBM) saw operating profit up 12.5 percent to £168.6 million in the 2007 calendar year, as r… Read more »

Interview: David Levin, CEO, UBM: Organizing For Audience; RBI Would Be ‘Backward Step’

By Robert Andrews

Feb. 29, 2008 - 9:35 PM EDT Feb. 29, 2008 - 9:35 PM EDT

A busy day for United Business Media – splitting its CMP tech publishing unit in four and posting 2007 results (operating profit up 11.5 per… Read more »

CMP No More: UBM Breaks Tech Media Firm Into Four Companies; UBM Not Interested in RBI Either

By Rafat Ali

Feb. 29, 2008 - 2:39 PM EDT Feb. 29, 2008 - 2:39 PM EDT

In a big move in the tech trade media space, United Business Media, the UK-headquartered media firm has broken out CMP into four separate co… Read more »

PR Newswire Targets Hispanic Market; Buys Hispanic PR Wire, LatinClips and Hispanic Digital Network

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jan. 3, 2008 - 9:29 PM EDT Jan. 3, 2008 - 9:29 PM EDT

PR Newswire, a unit of United Business Media (LSE: UBM), is making a significant play for the Hispanic media market with the acquisition of… Read more »

CMP Acquires Mass Events Labs, Producer Of Tech UnConferences; David Berlind Joins

By Joseph Weisenthal

Jan. 3, 2008 - 7:32 PM EDT Jan. 3, 2008 - 7:32 PM EDT

B2B media firm CMP, a division of United Business Media (LSE: UBM), has acquired Mass Events Labs, a producer of “un-conference”-style tech… Read more »

Industry Moves: Steve Weitzner Steps Down As CEO of CMP; Now Leading UBM's International Biz Dev

By Rafat Ali

Nov. 2, 2007 - 2:50 AM EDT Nov. 2, 2007 - 2:50 AM EDT

CMP Technology, one of the biggest tech publishers and part of United Business Media, (LSE: UBM) announced that Steve Weitzner, who had been… Read more »

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UBM Off-Loads Music Week And More For £2.4 Million

In B2B, RBI Revenue Re-Grows, UBM Sees Brief Digital Fillip

How UBM’s ‘Project Caxton’ Brainstorms Content Strategy

Many Tablet Publications Are ‘Hopeless’, UBM’s Levin Says

Interview: UBM CEO Levin On How To Rescue Failing Media Businesses

UBM Buying Subscription Property Lead-Gen Biz LIR

Latest In UBM’s M&A Spree: French Contacts Database For PR Newswire

UBM Buying Canon Events Business For $287 million

Life In Dead Trees: UBM Buying A Chinese Paper Analyst Firm

UBM Buys 3D Careers Fair For Military Leavers

Another UBM Acquisition – HK PR Webcaster Corporate360

UBM Buying SharedVue For Web Marketing Tools

UBM Buying In To Game Ads With Small GAO Acquisition

Early Cuts Help UBM Increase Revenue 10 Percent In 2008; Profits Down

Earnings: UBM Expects A Few More Layoffs By Year’s End

Earnings: UBM Expects Mixed ’08, Buys Xinhua Out Of PRNewswire JV

United Business Media Mulling Redundancies

Video Interview: David Levin, CEO, United Business Media: Economy Will Feel ‘Significant Effects’

Informa Confirms Tentative Bid From 3 PE Players; Values Company At $6.8 Billion

Informa Ends Merger Talks With UBM; Gets Another Approach

More Informa-UBM: Springer Owners Mull A Bid

B2B Consolidation: Informa And UBM In Early Merger Talks; Would Create £3 Billion Giant

B2B Consolidation: Informa and UBM In Early Merger Talks; Would Create $6 Billion Giant

UBM Quits UK For Ireland Via Jersey To Escape High Taxes

Earnings: UBM Tech Falls, Events Rise In ’07; On Big Acquisition Trail

Interview: David Levin, CEO, UBM: Organizing For Audience; RBI Would Be ‘Backward Step’

CMP No More: UBM Breaks Tech Media Firm Into Four Companies; UBM Not Interested in RBI Either

PR Newswire Targets Hispanic Market; Buys Hispanic PR Wire, LatinClips and Hispanic Digital Network

CMP Acquires Mass Events Labs, Producer Of Tech UnConferences; David Berlind Joins

Industry Moves: Steve Weitzner Steps Down As CEO of CMP; Now Leading UBM's International Biz Dev

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