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B2B Media

JEGI is the leading investment banking firm serving the Business-to-Business (B2B) Media sector, spanning the following core products:

Print – magazines, newsletters, custom publishing and directories;
Live Events – exhibitions and conferences;
Online Media – advertising- and content-driven products and services, and enabling technologies; and
Data – subscription databases and software as a service.

B2B Media M&A has been driven by widespread convergence among the leading B2B media companies. This includes combining live events, online media, subscription-driven databases, newsletters, and other forms of media with traditional print magazines. By helping these companies with their convergence efforts, JEGI maximizes the value of its extensive B2B media and information industry expertise.

Since 1987, the firm has provided M&A advisory services to many of the largest global B2B media companies, including Dow Jones, The Economist Group, The Hearst Corporation, Nielsen Media (formerly VNU), Pearson, Penton Media, Primedia, Reed Elsevier, The Thomson Corporation, United Business Media, Ziff Davis and many others.

JEGI has also represented numerous entrepreneurs in the sale of their B2B media businesses, along with many of the leading private equity investors in the B2B media sector, including Abry Partners, Frontenac, Pfingsten Partners, RFE Investment Partners, Spire Capital, Wicks Group, Willis Stein, Wind Point Partners and many others.

For more information, contact Managing Directors Richard Mead (richardm@jegi.com), Scott Peters (scottp@jegi.com) or Michael Marchesano (mikem@jegi.com), all at 212-754-0710.

B2B Media

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