Media and Publishing
Since the firm's founding in 1990, AdMedia has provided financial advisory services to the non-broadcast media and publishing industries.
The firm represents sectors including consumer magazines, business-to-business publications, professional publications, information publishing, newspapers, database and directory publishing, exhibitions and trade shows, and interactive media. While most of AdMedia's work is with privately-held companies, the firm also assists large public companies with divestitures and portfolio management. Services provided include strategic and financial advice, mergers and acquisitions (representing buyers or sellers), and valuations.
September 2008
Bonnier Corporation, one of the leading consumer-publishing groups in America, has acquired Working Mother Media, Inc., the largest multimedia company focused on the advancement of women and diversity in the workplace, from MCG Capital Corporation.
August 2008
Centro, the leading solution provider for planning and executing national buys of online local media, has acquired Real Cities from The McClatchy Company.
March 2008
Inside Communications, Inc., a leading publisher in the competitive cycling and triathlon segments of the endurance sports industry, has been acquired by Competitor Group, Inc., a leading endurance sport media and event platform created by Falconhead Capital, LLC.
January 2008
SchoolSports, Inc., a leading active lifestyle sports media and events company for high school sports, has been acquired by ESPN Rise LLC, a subsidiary of ESPN.
May 2007
Guide Communications, Inc., an independent yellow pages directory publisher in the New York greater metropolitan area, has been acquired by Yellow Book USA.
April 2007
Hoffman Publications, LLC, a joint venture between Hoffman Media, LLC and Hearst Magazines, will re-launch and publish Victoria magazine.
April 2007
Brunico Communications Inc., a privately-held publishing, event, and communications company, has been acquired by Brunico Communications Ltd.
March 2007
Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc. has sold selected assets of Premiere to Wenner Media, LLC.
March 2007
Bonnier AB, a $2.9 billion international media company, has acquired Time4Media and The Parenting Group from Time Inc.
February 2007
Dorchester Media, LLC has sold the assets of Metal Maniacs and Metal Edge magazines to Zenbu Media, publisher of Relix and Global Rhythm magazines.
January 2007
Burrill & Company, a San Francisco-based life sciences media, merchant banking and venture capital company, has contributed its media assets and joined with VNU Business Media to form Burrill Life Sciences Media, LLC.
January 2007
New Media Strategies, a leading interactive word of mouth marketing agency, has been acquired by Meredith Corporation.
January 2007
Genex, a leading interactive relationship marketing agency, has been acquired by Meredith Corporation.
January 2007
The assets of Quilting Arts, LLC, publishers of Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines, have been acquired by Interweave Press, a division of Aspire Media LLC, with Frontenac Company and Catalyst Investors.
October 2006
The assets of ReadyMade LLC, a multi-platform media brand for the DIY enthusiast, have been acquired by Meredith Corporation.
June 2006
What's On, LP, publisher of What's On, The Las Vegas Guide, has entered into a strategic partnership with Kellogg Media Group, LLC, a leading media company focused on serving the travel, leisure and hospitality sector at the local and regional level.
May 2006
Bonnier AB, a $2.5 billion international media company, has acquired World Publications, a leading producer of special interest magazines, trade shows and interactive media.
April 2006
Alexander & Edwards Publishing, Inc., publisher of Affordable Housing Finance and Apartment Finance Today, and producer of two related conferences, has been acquired by Hanley-Wood, LLC, a company owned by JPMorgan Partners, LLC.
October 2005
Natural Home & Garden, the magazine of healthy, sustainable living, has been acquired by Ogden Publications, Inc.
August 2005
Editorial Medcom S.A. de C.V., and its wholly owned subsidiary, Grupo Editorial Expansión, have been acquired by Time Inc.
July 2005
Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing has sold Fast Company and Inc. to Mansueto Ventures L.L.C., an entity formed by Joe Mansueto.
June 2005
Dynamic Logic, the leading independent research company specializing in measuring marketing effectiveness, has been acquired by Millward Brown, a unit of WPP Group.
June 2005
Interweave Press, Inc., a leading publisher of magazines and books for craft enthusiasts, has been acquired by Aspire Media, LLC, a company formed to acquire consumer enthusiast media businesses, with Frontenac Company and Catalyst Investors, LP.
December 2004
North Jersey Community Newspapers (West Paterson, NJ), a division of North Jersey Media Group Inc., has purchased certain assets of Aim Action Ads, Inc. (Newfoundland, NJ), publishers of the weeklies Aim Action News and Aim Community News, from Joe Deery.
November 2004
Burke Inc. has acquired the 50% of its business previously owned by NFO WorldGroup, a wholly owned subsidiary of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc.
October 2004
Gruner + Jahr USA Publishing has sold the assets of YM magazine to Condé Nast Publications.
August 2004
Proximus B2B LLC has acquired the assets and business of Retail Systems Alert Group, Inc. and Retail Systems Europe, Inc.
August 2004
The assets of New Age Publishing, Inc. and Thorne Communications, including Body & Soul Magazine and Dr. Andrew Weil's Self Healing newsletter, have been acquired by MSX, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO).
May 2004
Time Out New York Partners, LP and Mansueto, LLC have entered into an agreement to form TONY Chicago Partners, LLLP for the purposes of publishing Time Out Chicago.
April 2004
The assets of Islands
Media, Inc., publishers of Islands, Islands Weddings & Honeymoons, Spa and Resorts & Great Hotels, have been acquired by World Publications, LLC.
August 2003
North Jersey Media Group Inc. (Hackensack, NJ) has purchased the assets of New View Media LLC, publisher of The Weekly News (Pompton Lakes, NJ).
April 2003
The assets and business of Ski Racing International, Inc. have been acquired by Inside Communications, Inc.
November 2002
The assets of Kates-Boylston Publications, Inc. and American Cemetery, Inc., including American Funeral Director, American Cemetery, and The Blue Book of Funeral Directors have been acquired by UCG Information Services, LLC.
October 2002
North Jersey Media Group Inc. (Hackensack, NJ) has acquired The Neighbor News, Inc. (Denville, NJ).
September 2002
North Jersey Media Group Inc. (Hackensack, NJ) has acquired KIDS Magazine (Park Ridge, NJ).
July 2002
Atex Media Solutions, Inc. and Media Command, Inc. have combined to form Atex Media Command Inc.
May 2002
Veranda Publications, Inc. has been acquired by The Hearst Corporation.
October 2001
The stock of Harris InfoSource International, Inc. has been acquired by The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation.
October 2001
South County Peddler, Inc., Wakefield, RI publisher of The Peddler, has been acquired by Journal Register Company, Inc., Trenton, NJ.
September 2001
Review Publishing Limited Partnership, Philadelphia, PA, has sold In Pittsburgh, an alternative weekly newspaper, to Steel City Media, Roslyn, NY.
July 2001
Roe Jan Independent Publishing, Inc. publisher of The Independent and The Paper has sold its assets to Journal Register Company, Inc.
May 2001
Tribune Media Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tribune Company, has acquired TV Data Technologies, LP.
February 2001
Continental Exhibitions, Inc. has sold The International Electrical Exposition & Conference (the "Electric Show") and The Western Electrical Exposition & Conference ("Electric West") to Intertec Publishing Corporation, a PRIMEDIA Company.
January 2001
Rockfleet Media, Inc. (New York, NY) has sold Tri-Town News (Jackson, NJ) to Greater Media Newspapers (Freehold, NJ).
January 2001
Rockfleet Media, Inc. (New York, NY) has sold The Coastal Leader-Review (Point Pleasant, NJ) to Coast Star Newspapers (Manasquan, NJ).
November 2000
The assets of Exit Information Guide, LLC, have been acquired by Trader Publishing Company, a joint venture of Cox Enterprises, Inc. and Landmark Communications, Inc.
October 2000
The assets of Civilization Magazine, published by Worth Media LLC, have been acquired by National Journal Group, Inc.
September 2000
Hachette Productions, Inc. has acquired RTM Productions, Inc., a television production company.
August 2000
A subsidiary of TV Data Technologies, LP has acquired the business and assets of Cable Connection, a cable guide publishing unit of Knight-Ridder, Inc.
August 2000
The assets of PFN Publishing, Inc., publisher of Physicians Financial News, have been acquired by Rogers U.S. Publishing Inc., a subsidiary of Rogers Media.
July 2000
An Internet Content Distribution Agreement has been negotiated between Inside Communications, Inc. and Outdoor Life Network, LLC.
April 2000
H&S Media Incorporated has sold Log Homes Design Ideas magazine to Sabot Publishing, Inc.
April 2000
Out Publishing, Inc. has been acquired by Liberation Publications, Inc.
March 2000
Quest Media LLC has acquired the business and assets of Quest Magazine from Meigher Communications LP. AdMedia Partners acted as financial advisor to Susan Souders Obrecht, the new president of and an investor in Quest Media LLC.
March 2000
Transcontinental Publications, Inc. has acquired the assets related to the publishing activities of Telemedia Communications Inc.
December 1999
H&S Media Incorporated has sold Country Market Place to Emmis Publishing, Inc., a division of Emmis Communications, Inc.
November 1999
IHS Publishing Group, a division of Information Handling Services Group, Inc., has sold Compliance magazine and FacilityCare magazine to Douglas Publications Inc.
November 1999
IHS Publishing Group, a division of Information Handling Services Group, Inc., has sold SMT, SMT Asia, Advanced Packaging, Connector Specifier, Vacuum & Thinfilm and accompanying Web sites to PennWell Publishing Company.
October 1999
American-Republican Inc. has purchased the assets of The Naugatuck, CT Daily News from Horizon Connecticut Publications Inc.
August 1999
The Record-Journal Publishing Company and the White Family of Meriden, CT have acquired the Westerly, RI Sun from the Utter Family.
August 1999
Securities Data Publishing, a division of Thomson Financial, has sold Corporate University Review to The International Quality & Productivity Center, a division of Penton Learning Systems.
July 1999
The assets of Target Communications Corporation have been sold to Intertec Publishing Corporation, a PRIMEDIA company.
March 1999
FutureSource Information Systems, Inc. and Bridge Information Systems have formed a new company, FutureSource/BRIDGE LLC.
October 1998
Reed Publishing (Nederland) BV and Reed Elsevier Inc. have sold The Salesman's Guide Group to Douglas Publications, Inc.
July 1998
The assets and business of Southeast Publishing Ventures, Inc. have been sold to Network Publications, Inc.
May 1998
Chilton Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reed Elsevier Inc., has sold Chilton Research Services to Taylor Nelson AGB Operations Inc., an affiliate of SOFRES Intersearch and Taylor Nelson SOFRES.
April 1998
Equipment Data Associates, Inc. has been sold to Randall Publishing Company.
March 1998
Gremac, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Macromedia Incorporated, has purchased certain assets of Orechio Publications, Inc.
March 1998
PRIMEDIA Inc. has sold Just CrossStitch to Hoffman Media, Inc.
March 1998
PRIMEDIA Inc. has sold Woodworker's Journal to Rockler Companies, Inc.
February 1998
The operating assets of Geyer-McAllister Publications, Inc. have been acquired by Reed Elsevier Business Information.
November 1997
WEKA Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of WEKA Firmengruppe GmbH & Co. KG, has sold four business information publications to Business and Legal Reports, Inc.
October 1997
Vernon Publications Inc. has sold The Milepost Group to Morris Communications Corporation.
June 1997
The Santa Fe Reporter has been acquired by The Reporter Acquisition Company.
May 1997
The Futures Magazine Division of Oster Communications, Inc. has been acquired by Futures Communications Company, Inc., a new company formed by Berwick Capital, Inc. and Media/Communications Partners.
April 1997
Forbes Newspapers, a division of Forbes, Inc., has been acquired by North Jersey Newspapers Company, a division of MediaNews Group, Inc.
August 1996
The assets and business of The American Journal Nursing Company have been acquired by Lippincott-Raven Publishers, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer U.S. Corporation.
August 1996
Decatur-DeKalb News/Era, a division of Decatur News Publishing Company, has been acquired by Southern Crescent Newspapers, L.P.
May 1996
Vance Publishing Corporation has sold Modern Jeweler magazine to PTN Publishing Company.
March 1996
White Directory Publishers, Inc. has sold The Rochester Directory to New Directory Publishers, Inc.
December 1995
ESS Ventures Incorporated has sold Mid-Atlantic Country magazine to Mid-Atlantic Magazine, LLC.
September 1995
The assets and business of Eagle Publishing Group have been acquired by New England Newspapers, Inc., an affiliate of MediaNews Group, Inc.
August 1995
Yankee Publishing Incorporated has sold Alaska magazine to Southeastern Newspapers Corporation, a subsidiary of Morris Communications Corporation.
July 1995
Times Mirror Magazines, Inc. has sold Sporting Goods Dealer magazine to PTN Publishing Company.
September 2008
Bonnier Corporation
has acquired Working Mother Media, Inc., the largest multimedia company focused on the advance-
ment of women and diversity in the workplace, from MCG Capital Corporation.
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Bonnier Corporation
has acquired Working Mother Media, Inc., the largest multimedia company focused on the advance-
ment of women and diversity in the workplace, from MCG Capital Corporation.
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September 2008
Range Online Media, a search engine marketing agency, has been acquired by iProspect, a subsidiary of Aegis Group plc.
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Range Online Media, a search engine marketing agency, has been acquired by iProspect, a subsidiary of Aegis Group plc.
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August 2008
Centro, the leading solution provider for planning and executing national buys of online local media, has acquired Real Cities from The McClatchy Company.
Centro, the leading solution provider for planning and executing national buys of online local media, has acquired Real Cities from The McClatchy Company.
2008 Merger and Acquisition Prospects for Marketing Services and Internet Marketing Firms
2008 Prospects for Media Mergers and Acquisitions
2008 Prospects for Media Mergers and Acquisitions
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