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Transactions > by Sector > Business to Business Media
 | Compliance Week (www.complianceweek.com), owned by Boston-based Financial Media Holdings Group, Inc., has been acquired by Haymarket Media, Inc. (www.haymarket.com). Compliance Week is the leading provider of corporate governance, risk and compliance information for financial and legal executives at public companies. Founded in 2002 by Scott Cohen and Frank Hertz, Compliance Week produces a paid weekly electronic newsletter, a paid monthly BPA-audited print magazine, a major annual conference and other live events, and a paid access web site that includes news, analysis, research, searchable governance databases and other valuable online resources. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Financial Media Holdings Group/Compliance Week in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | Hallmark Data Systems (www.halldata.com), a leading information services and technology provider of fulfillment and customer relationship management solutions, and a portfolio company of Tinicum Capital Partners (www.tinicum.com), has been sold to EBSCO Industries (www.ebscoind.com). EBSCO is a diversified business that provides subscriptions for more than 300,000 title listings from more than 78,000 publishers worldwide. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Hallmark Data Systems in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. |
 | FierceMarkets, a leading online B2B media company, has been acquired by Questex Media Group, Inc., a global, diversified business-to-business integrated media and information provider. Based in Washington, DC, FierceMarkets helps business marketers reach targeted decision-makers through its portfolio of e-mail newsletters, web sites, webinars and live events focusing on the Telecommunications, Life Sciences, Healthcare, IT, and Finance industries. With 45% compound annual revenue growth over five years, more than 300 repeat advertisers, and triple-digit annual audience growth, FierceMarkets has established itself as a leader in the new generation of fast-growth media companies taking traditional trade publishing into the digital age. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented FierceMarkets in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | KnowledgeStorm, Inc., a leading online search resource for IT professionals, has been sold to TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT), a publisher of intergrated media that enables IT marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and excutives, for approximately $58 million.
KnowledgeStorm generates approximately 3.5 million visits per month from IT professionals searching for information and has approximately 700 active advertisers.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented KnowledgeStorm in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | Venture Direct, a leading marketing services firm that provides online lead generation and customer acquisition services to advertisers, along with list brokerage and management services for publishers and list buyers, has been sold to PlattForm Holdings, a leading Internet marketing and enrollment solutions provider to the post-secondary education industry, and a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented VentureDirect in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | Sunshine Holdings Corporation, an H.I.G. Capital portfolio company, merged its Sunshine Custom Publishing division with True North Custom Publishing, uniting two fast-growth organizations, expanding the combined company's presence as America's largest custom health care publishing company.
The new company will operate as a division of Sunshine Holdings and be named True North Custom Publishing, under the leadership of True North's current President and CEO David McDonald.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented True North in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | TechnologyGuide.com, a provider of leading proprietary Internet content sites for mobile technology products, has been sold to TechTarget, which recently went public (NASDAQ: TTGT) and publishes integrated media that enable information-technology (IT) marketers to reach targeted communities of IT professionals and executives.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented TechnologyGuide.com in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | Haymarket Media, Inc. has acquired DMNews from Courtenay Communications Corp. Both companies are privately held and based in New York.
Haymarket Media is one of the fastest-growing media companies in the US and publishes a dozen magazines covering the marketing, public relations, medical, elderly care, and information securities businesses, each with a market-leading online platform. Its parent, Haymarket Media Group, is based in London.
DMNews magazine was launched by Adrian Courtenay in 1979 and now includes other print offerings, the DMNews.com Web site and six e-mail newsletters. The sale also included rights to iMarketingNews, a magazine that was published from 1999 to 2002.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Courtenay in this transaction and acted as its exclusive financial advisor. For more information, click here. |
 | Pfingsten Partners LLC, a private equity firm based in Deerfield, IL, has sold Pfingsten Publishing LLC to Wind Point Partners, a private equity firm with offices in Chicago and Southfield, MI. Headquartered in Ohio, Pfingsten Publishing is a business-to-business media company that serves nine market segments through three business groups. The company's Art and Framing Group serves the decorative art and fine art markets; the Financial Services Group serves the life and health insurance, property & casualty insurance and mortgage origination markets; and the Industrial Group serves the commercial construction, material handling, and maintenance repair and operations (MRO) markets.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Pfingsten Partners in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | United Business Media has sold CMP Entertainment Media to The Wicks Group of Companies, a New York-based private equity firm, through its affiliate NewBay Media, for up to $50 million - $47 million cash at closing and $3 million in an earn-out. CMP Entertainment Media's assets - 14 magazines, eight events, numerous supplements and newsletters, custom products and over 20 rapidly growing online properties - serve professional and enthusiast musicians, recording professionals, sound engineers, audio and video systems installers and technology educators.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented United Business Media in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | Commonwealth Business Media, the premier provider of business intelligence for the international trade and transportation industry, has been sold to United Business Media, a leading global business information company, for a cash consideration of $152 million. The acquisition provides UBM with a strong position in a new vertical market, as Commonwealth has an established portfolio of highly regarded integrated media products and proprietary business information databases.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Commonwealth in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | Reed Elsevier, a world-leading publisher and information provider for the science and medical, legal, education and b2b sectors, has sold a portfolio of B2B magazines and online properties for the manufacturing and scientific industries to Advantage Business Media, a new company formed by Richard Reiff, former President of the Publishing Division of Cygnus Business Media, and George Fox, formerly with both Reed and Cygnus, as well as their equity investment partner, New York City-based Catalyst Investors.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Reed Elsevier in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | AVCJ Group Limited, a Hong Kong based provider of financial newsletters, conferences and databases to the Asian private equity and venture capital communities, has been sold to Incisive Media plc, a specialist business information provider operating in eight core markets: financial risk management; retail investment; insurance; mortgage; capital markets/financial IT; marketing; photographic; and private equity. The initial consideration is $6 million, with a deferred earn-out capped at $9 million payable over three years, subject to certain performance targets.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented AVCJ Group Limited in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | 101communications, LLC, a leading integrated media company focused on the information technology community, has been acquired by 1105 Media, Inc., a company backed by private equity firms Nautic Partners and Alta Communications in partnership with Neal Vitale, a former Reed Elsevier and Peterson Publishing executive.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented 101communications' shareholders in this transaction. For more information, click here. |  | Credit Union Times, the most widely read publication covering the thriving credit union industry, has been sold to Wicks Business Information, LLC, a business-to-business information company supported by The Wicks Group of Companies, a New York-based private equity firm focused on the media industry.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Credit Union Times in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | Highline Media, a leading information provider to the financial and insurance industry, has acquired Wealth Manager Magazine from Bloomberg L.P. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group initiated this transaction and represented Highline Media in the acquisition. For more information, click here. |
 | Naylor Publications, Inc. of Gainesville, FL has been acquired by Clarity Partners and ZelnickMedia Corporation. Naylor is the leading provider of business-to-business media and advertising solutions and services to trade and professional associations in the US and Canada.
The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Naylor in this transaction. For more information, click here. |
 | VNU Business Media has announced the sale of Restaurant Business, FoodService Director, Beverage World and Retail Merchandiser magazines and related assets to Ideal Media LLC, a division of Schofield Media Ltd. of Chicago, IL. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented VNU Business Media in this transaction. |
 | VNU Business Media has sold Apparel magazine and related assets to Edgell Communications, Inc. Apparel is a leading b2b information resource for the American apparel industry and provides coverage of product information, technology news and insights on a range of industry issues. Apparel's related assets include a Web site, a weekly e-newsletter and a host of live events. The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. represented VNU Business Media in this transaction. |
 | United Business Media (UBM) has acquired the Tissue World franchise from Paperloop. The series of Tissue World exhibitions and conferences, currently held in France, the USA and China, are the premier events for the world's manufacturers, suppliers and buyers of tissue paper. These events and the supporting trade publication, Tissue World, will become part of CMP Asia, a subsidiary of UBM. The Jordan, Edmiston Group represented Paperloop in this transaction. | More B2B Media transactions
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