Archived news for Sep 2008
Euromoney thrives in economic turmoil26 Sep 2008
Euromoney said its pre-tax profits for the year to September 2008 would be around £64m and that strong subs and revenues from emerging markets meant that current global economic turndown would not have an impact on it business
Centaur revenues flat, but profit down
26 Sep 2008
Centaur, which publishes The Lawyer and Marketing Week, reported revenues of £90.4m in the year ended 30 June 2008 but profits fell from £16.9m to £14.5m including costs of £3.6m for redundancies and amortisation of sold businesses.
Ultima swoops for Car Design News
26 Sep 2008
Ultima Media has acquired the company which owns Car Design News. Ultima is a joint venture partner with Car Design News on the Auto Design Night event and owns car interiors brand Interior Motives. Car Design News is a nine-year-old online only publication.
Bidders dropped in RBI auction
23 Sep 2008
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Only a few companies will remain eligible to make an offer for Reed Business Information (RBI) as the sale of company approaches the third round of proceedings.
Wilmington reports ‘year of excellent progress’
19 Sep 2008
Professional information and training group, Wilmington, announced successful full year results with double-digit increase in revenue and operating profit.
Offer for Informa withdrawn
19 Sep 2008
Private equity bidders pulled out of the running to buy business media providers Informa after a recently rejected £1.9bn offer by the company.
Free forum to explore mobile in business media
19 Sep 2008
With so many new developments in the fast-paced world of mobile media can you afford not to know your stuff?
Come and hear from the experts at a FREE forum on 29 September with speakers from Incentivated Mobiya and Shake Interactive
RBI and RNow create specialist b2b online panels
17 Sep 2008
B2B publisher Reed Business Information (RBI) has teamed up with 
leading international online fieldwork and panel specialist Research Now to produce ‘high quality specialist online panels for business to business research’.
Wilmington takeover talks terminated
16 Sep 2008
Business media provider Wilmington has announced that discussions regarding a potential offer for the company have ceased.
Reed Elsevier’s ChoicePoint acquisition cleared
16 Sep 2008
The US Federal Trade Commission has cleared business media provider Reed Elsevier for the acquisition of insurance data provider ChoicePoint Inc.
Latest offer ‘significantly undervalues’ Informa
12 Sep 2008
The board of business media provider Informa has rejected an offer for the company from a collective comprising Providence Equity, Carlyle Group and Blackstone Group.
Where does mobile fit in your Business Media portfolio?
12 Sep 2008
How can you create new services and distribution channels? How do you prepare content? What is the commercial angle? To find the answers to these questions, and find out more about this medium, come along and hear the expert speakers at the FREE member only business media forum on Monday 29 September at PPA offices.
'Get close to your customers' message for international business publishers
12 Sep 2008
'Get close to your customers and reap the benefits' was the message David Levin, CEO, United Business Media (UBM) took to FIPP/ABM’s World B2B conference last week.
Former board member teams up with Apollo in RBI bid
05 Sep 2008
Strauss Zelnick, previously a non-executive director on Reed Elsevier’s board, has now launched a bid for subsidiary Reed Business Information (RBI) with US private equity group Apollo Management.
PPA announces restructure
03 Sep 2008
Following a review by PPA’s incoming chief executive, Jonathan Shephard, PPA has announced a substantial restructuring.
Business Media providers storm the AOP awards shortlist
02 Sep 2008
This year's Association of Online Publishers (AOP) awards shortlist features PPA UK Business Media member companies Reed Business Information (RBI), Incisive Media, CMPi, TSL Education and Faversham House.
Apollo launches RBI bid
01 Sep 2008
Reed Elsevier’s sale of business media division Reed Business Information (RBI) has attracted an offer from US private equity group Apollo Management.